The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Atlanta creates opportunities for refugees and immigrants to integrate and thrive in Georgia communities. Since opening in 1979, the IRC's locally funded ...

The Council of Europe Action Plan on Protecting Vulnerable Persons in the Context of MIgration and Asylum in Europe (2021-2025) proposes targeted measures and activities to enhance the capacity of ...

CBC News is not naming the man because he's afraid he will be sent back to his country, where he fears for his safety, as he's still waiting for a hearing on his refugee claim in Canada.

In 2024, the U.S. took in more than 30,000 Christian refugees, and more than 100,000 refugees total. Former President Donald Trump promised to pause refugee resettlement on the first day of his ...

Tens of thousands of refugees in Uganda are struggling to get by amid cuts to humanitarian aid. Among them is Agnes, a mother of six, who fled the Democratic Republic of Congo when fighting got ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. It’s tough going for Agnes Bulaba, a Congolese refugee in Uganda, who for months had to get by without the ...

As the only U.N. agency dedicated solely to one group of refugees, UNRWA operates beyond Gaza in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Most of its 30,000 workers are ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—From Punta Cana’s beaches to the capital of this Caribbean nation, government agents are searching public buses, raiding banana farms and staking out street ...

Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced temporary measures to support Canadian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family members ...

The UN General Assembly established the body in 1949 to assist Palestinian refugees displaced during the founding of Israel. Today, it remains the primary organisation delivering humanitarian aid ...

The Israeli parliament’s vote on Oct. 28, 2024, to ban the United Nations agency that provides relief for Palestinian refugees is likely to affect millions of people – it also fits a pattern.

(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File) FILE - Commissioner-General of the U.N. agency for Palestinian Refugees Philippe Lazzarini speaks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, May 27, 2024. (AP ...