Refugees and asylum seekers

Caught between wars, US Afghan allies trapped in Qatar without safe exit

Camp As Sayliyah has served as a holding site for Afghans going through the base for processing in the hope of resettling in America since the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

In Supreme Court fight against deportation shield, Trump says judges have no role

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building during proceedings in pending appeals at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Number of immigrants in EU reaches record high of 64.2 million in 2025, study shows

People gather on a terrace in front Berlin's television tower, Germany, July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

7,900 people died, disappeared on migration routes in 2025: UN

The IOM said the 7,904 deaths and disappearances documented in 2025 mark a continuation and escalation of a global failure to end these preventable deaths.

Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead or missing in shipwrecks in 2025: UN

FILE PHOTO: A view of a navy vessel in the Bay of Bengal, carrying Rohingya refugees to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali district, Bangladesh, December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

Forced displacements to soar by 4.2 million by 2027, aid group warns

Girls displaced following Israeli evacuation orders ride a scooter at a makeshift encampment in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 15.

About 250 feared missing after boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UN

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, April 9, 2026

First responders standing amid rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa neighbourhood on April 8.

Nearly 5,000 South African Afrikaners take up Trump refugee offer

South Africans Naomi and Danny Saphire walking on a South African beach with their children after leaving the US and returning home.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, April 2, 2026

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian published an open letter to the people of the US on his website on April 1.

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