The first refugee to lead the U.N. refugee agency tells The Associated Press that the world faces a “very difficult moment in ...

Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh destroyed homes and displaced thousands of Rohingya - A massive fire this week has destroyed hundreds of makeshift homes in a Rohingya refugee camp in ...

And although camps, by design, provide food, shelter and basic services, they also often restrict where people can go and whether they can work. They provide free or subsidized services, but these ...

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Jesus began his life fleeing violence, crossing borders, and depending on the mercy of strangers. Was Jesus a Refugee? The Little-Known Story Behind His Early Life Written by Jarrod Saunders for Lifes ...

Hanan Relief Group must raise funds to avoid scaling back programs that thousands of refugee families rely on.

The Trump administration’s pause on refugee admissions in January 2025 dealt a blow to Sahibzada’s employer, Jewish Social Services of Madison, which previously counted on federal funding tied to each ...

An asylum seeker at the border wall reaches out for donations. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) The new figures have not been finalized by the Trump administration or officially ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop announced ...

MBERA, Mauritania (AP) — The men move in rhythm, swaying in line and beating the ground with spindly tree branches as the sun sets over the barren and hostile Mauritanian desert. The crack of the wood ...

GENEVA, March 2 (UNHCR) - Claude Marshall has been a full-time volunteer consultant at UNHCR for the past 14 years, helping tens of thousands of refugees around the world. The 74-year-old Marshall ...