Refugees and asylum seekers

UN to evaluate refugee strategy over rise in armed conflict, cuts to global aid and more

The number of people forced to flee persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and serious unrest increased in 2024 to a record 123.2 million.

Former Iraq president named UN refugee chief, document shows

Mr Barham Salih faces major challenges as UN refugee chief with global displacement at record highs.

Trampolines and live music: Carnival mood at Thai evacuation camp can’t mask villagers’ anxiety

A movie screening at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram on Dec 10

EU countries agree positions on new asylum, migrant returns policy

Migrants try to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France.

Syrian refugee returns set to slow as donor support fades

FILE PHOTO: A man walks through the destruction in the city of Aleppo, Syria, June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano/File Photo

‘We’re not trash’: Minnesota Somalis fearful but defiant after Trump insults

A sign reading \"We love our Somali neighbors\" lines a marquee in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood amid reports of a federal immigration operation targeting the Somali community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Tim Evans

US slashes work permit validity time for refugees, asylum seekers

epa12565349 Tributes left at the scene where two National Guard members were shot, in Washington, DC, USA, 02 December 2025. Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been charged with murder following the shooting of National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe on 25 November. US President Trump announced on 27 November that National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom died of her injuries following a shooting in Washington on 26 November, another National Guard member Andrew Wolfe remains in hospital. EPA/WILL OLIVER

Tens of thousands of Gazans need medical evacuation, says Doctors Without Borders official

More than 900 people have died while waiting for evacuations from Gaza since October 2023.

Trump says US freeze on asylum decisions will last ‘a long time’

US President Donald Trump said he had “no time limit” in mind for the measure.

US halts asylum decisions as National Guard killing sparks migrant crackdown

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Nov 28 that the US had temporarily stopped issuing visas to all individuals travelling on Afghan passports.

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