This meeting at the UN is President Obama’s powerful counterpoint to rising anti-refugee sentimentThis is Barack Obama’s last UN General Assembly, and it comes amid the worst refugee crisis since the advent of...
5 Stories to Follow During UN WeekIt’s that time of year! World leaders are gathering at the United Nations this week for the start of the...
If the 65 Million Refugees Were A Country, This is What It Would Look LikeAhead of the UN Summit on Refugees and Migration, several key people in the refugee rights field met at the...
There Are Far More Migrants Dying At Sea Than You Probably RealizeAccording to the International Organization for Migration, for at least the third year in a row the Mediterranean represents the...
Australia’s Offshore Refugee Detention Under Fire Australia announced yesterday that it would be closing its controversial migrant detention center on Manus island in Papua New...
On the Desolate Syrian Border with Jordan 100,000 People Stranded for MonthsEd note. This is a guest post from Dr Natalie Thurtle is a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency doctor. It...
After Brexit, Thousands of Refugees Stuck in France May Actually Get Easier Access to the UKThis was probably not a contingency that “Leave” voters even considered a possibility. The Brexit fallout contains multitudes, and there is...
“We are losing our lives sitting here.” Two Thousand Refugees Are Trapped on a Tiny Greek IslandTo many, they are considered the lucky ones. By arriving on Greek shores before March 20, they are not subject...
Three Charts that Help Explain our Global Refugee CrisisToday is World Refugee Day, an annual commemoration on June 20 for the global humanitarian community to shine a spotlight...