At least 117.8 million people worldwide remain forcibly displaced due to conflict, violence, human rights abuses and per ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 20 June 2024 Against the backdrop of ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ghanaian humanitarian leader Edem Wosornu as Assistant High Commissioner ...

The modern framework for refugee rights and international protection is grounded in the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, which together establish the ...

GENEVA – Barham Salih, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, launched the agency’s flagship Global Trends Report today, which reveals global forced displacement has decreased for the first time in a ...

New report recognises some improvements in the last few years but says the basic problem - the lack of a clear, integrated policy – persists Refugees and migrants wait to board buses outside Kara Tepe ...

In a recent decision denying asylum to a Salvadoran woman being stalked by gang members, the Board of Immigration Appeals — the highest administrative body for interpreting US immigration law — found ...

President Trump on Tuesday formally raised the refugee cap to allow the admittance of another 10,000 individuals — slots he ...

European Union governments are considering restricting temporary protection for Ukrainian men of military age as part of ...

In late November, about 10 men from central Africa gathered for a meal at the guest rooms in a Christian church in Tokyo.

Uganda is widely recognised as one of the most welcoming countries in the world for refugees. For decades, the country has maintained a progressive refugee policy that grants freedom of movement, ...

The European Union plans to make a decision on the status of Ukrainian refugees after March 2027 in July 2026; if not, the ...