Refugees and asylum seekers

Huge surge across border into enclave has reversed, half of migrants go back: Spain

Moroccan security forces at the site of clashes with migrants gathering on a hilltop near Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31.

Thousands of migrants cross into Spain’s north African enclave Ceuta, overwhelming police

A file photo from July 25, 2025 showing migrants reaching a police boat, as at least 54 children and about 30 adults swam from Morocco to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta.

Myanmar repatriation would risk Rohingya lives: Malaysia group

Members of the community gather in front of the office of the UN Refugee Agency after being evicted from their homes, at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on July 27.

Malaysia says Myanmar to take back 5,000 Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees sitting inside a truck as they are taken by police, in front of the office of the UN refugee agency, after being evicted from their homes, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 27, 2026.

Malaysia foreign minister calls for review of UN refugee agency’s presence: State media reports

Authorities detained more than 100 Rohingya asylum seekers who had gathered outside UN refugee agency’s premises in Kuala Lumpur to seek assistance after being evicted from their homes in Penang state.

Rohingya schools in Malaysia face closures amid online surge in hate speech

An empty classroom at a school for Rohingya refugees that was forced to close, at Subang Jaya, Malaysia, on July 7.

Malaysia asks UN agency to temporarily cease registration of refugees

Malaysia’s deputy foreign affairs minister said the suspension would enable the government to implement its own refugee registration programme, which it launched in January.

Nepal court jails 2 former ministers, 14 others over refugee scam

Two former ministers were found guilty of forging documents to enable Nepali nationals to be resettled in the US as Bhutanese refugees.

Landslide kills eight at refugee school in Bangladesh

Bangladesh rescue personnel and volunteers work at the site of a landslide triggered by heavy rains at a school in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on July 8.

Misinformation inciting harm to refugees: UN

UNHCR is taking part in the AI for Good Global Summit, arguing that displacement crises are often twinned with “information crises”.

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