Refugees and asylum seekers

Deaths in worst migrant boat disaster in Channel were avoidable, UK inquiry finds

People place candles around a list of names of migrants that have died since 1999 while trying to cross the English Channel, during a tribute to the 27 migrants who died when their dinghy deflated as they attempted to cross the English Channel, at the Richelieu Park in Calais, France, November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

British court jails asylum seeker for 29 years for murder

Deng Chol Majek (left) entered the UK by small boat less than three months before murdering mother-of-one Rhiannon Whyte by stabbing her 23 times.

Woman, boy drown off Greece after migrant boat sinks

Migrants at the port of Agia Galini in Crete, Greece, on Dec 19, 2025. According to the UN refugee agency, 107 people died or went missing in 2025 off the Greek coast.

Spain opposes plan for asylum centres outside EU

Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska reacts during an interview with Reuters in Madrid, Spain, January 16, 2026. REUTERS/Susana Vera

South Korea opens state scholarships exclusively for refugees

Students wait for the start of the annual college entrance examinations at an exam hall in Seoul, South Korea on Nov 13, 2025.

Dreams on hold for Rohingya children in Bangladesh camps

By 2024, UNICEF and its partners were running more than 6,500 learning centres across the Cox’s Bazar camps, educating up to 300,000 children.

Trump officials reopen thousands of refugee claims in Minnesota following fatal ICE shooting

A federal agent speaks to detained demonstrators, during a protest against the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good on Jan 8.

Tunisia court frees NGO workers accused of helping migrants

At Rohingya refugee camps, most birthdays fall on New Year’s Day

This photograph taken on Dec 18, 2025 shows Rohingya refugees walking along a market at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia.

Venezuelan asylum seekers worry about what comes next

Venezuelans and Venezuelan Americans celebrate the news of the capture by US forces of President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela on Jan 3, 2026.

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