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Poland’s parliament on Friday approved a draft bill to partially suspend the right of asylum for some migrants as part of a ...

Refugees International expressed concern Friday over the deteriorating conditions faced by Sudanese refugees in Egypt, urging immediate international intervention to safeguard their rights. The ...

February 16, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) –The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and 33 international as well as national partners have launched ...

Four key sports organisations and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently joined efforts for the ...

BUJUMBURA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 10,000 asylum-seekers from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) crossed into Burundi on Feb. 14-16, the Burundian interior minister has said.

" Affairs Minister Elmer Schialer and <a href=" Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Peru, Laura Almirall, inaugurated the new premises of the Executive Secretariat of ...

The increasing needs of refugees, asylum-seekers and host communities require urgent action. Meanwhile UNHCR and partners have called on the international community to support the 2025 Sudan CRRP ...

President Donald Trump’s tremendous start in sealing the U.S. border and deporting illegal migrants can be a springboard for ...

Since February, over 40,000 Congolese nationals – majority women and children – have arrived in Burundi seeking international ...