Unicef revealed some shocking new data on the number of children around the world who have been dislocated. The report, called Uprooted: The Growing Crisis for Refugee and Migrant Children finds that some 50 million children around the world are...
Australia announced yesterday that it would be closing its controversial migrant detention center on Manus island in Papua New Guinea following a court order earlier this year. Refugee and human rights groups welcomed the announcement, although it remains unclear...
At a time when immigration has again become a hot-button political topic across the West, President Obama announced new measures last month to help people from Central America escape the daily violence that defines many of their lives. The policy...
Ed note. This is a guest post by Shaliz Navab a student at the University of Edinburgh. She was a manager of the Refugee Speaker Programme for the Scottish Refugee Council in Glasgow and on a temporary basis works with diaspora youth...
To many, they are considered the lucky ones. By arriving on Greek shores before March 20, they are not subject to the automatic deportation back to Turkey mandated in the EU-Turkey migration deal. But very few of the estimated 2,000...
Today is World Refugee Day, an annual commemoration on June 20 for the global humanitarian community to shine a spotlight on the plight of refugees worldwide. To mark the day, the UN Refugee Agency released its annual Global Trends of...
Meet 18-year-old Yusra Mardini, who is one of ten athletes the International Olympic Committee announced today will compete in Rio as part of first-ever Team Refugees. As the flimsy vessel started taking on water, Yusra Mardini knew what to do....
As the international community prepares to address the ongoing needs of the global refugee crisis at the World Humanitarian Summit later this month, it got a nasty surprise last week when Kenya announced it would be closing the Dadaab refugee...
The town of Lewiston, Maine is undergoing a revival thanks to an influx of Somali refugees. From CBS News: When the refugees began arriving 15 years ago, many longtime residents were resentful. Lewiston’s economy was tanking, businesses were closing, jobs were scarce....
