Refugees

Media captionJonathan Head visits one of the camps built for returning Rohingya Entire Muslim Rohingya villages in Myanmar have been demolished and replaced by police barracks, government buildings and refugee relocation camps, the BBC has found. On a gover…

Are Rohingya ready to return to Myanmar?

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump seemed to contradict his acting Customs and Border Protection head Monday over what would happen to Bahamian refugees landing in the US without proper documentation. Trump told reporters outside the White House that any…

More than 100 people trying to escape the devastation Hurricane Dorian wrought on the Bahamas were turned away from a rescue ferry Sunday night. The incident was caught on a video posted by Brian Entin, a reporter for Miami TV station WSVN. A ferry crew me…

The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up the governments existing program of demanding people entering the country hand over the details of their presence on social media, CNN reported on Friday. While the State Department already mandates that alm…

If the number of refugees allowed into the United States is further reduced or eliminated, it could put American forces stationed overseas in danger, cutting off what former senior military officials have described as a critical lifeline for American military…

Advocates of the nearly 50-year refugee program inside and outside the administration fear that approach would effectively starve the program, making it impossible to resettle even those narrow populations. The advocacy groups say the fate of the refugee prog…

As in any community of this size, occasional violence has stalked the camps, including a series of murders and other violence attributed to the illegal drug trade. The criminal activity was one reason Bangladeshi officials gave in justifying the mobile phone …

The United Nations says conditions are dire for the remaining Syrian refugees in Rukban camp near the border with Jordan. Most have left for Syrian government-controlled areas but the UN says it can't guarantee the safety of those who want to go to oppositio…

MILAN (Reuters) - A second migrant rescue boat is heading towards the south Italian island of Lampedusa, potentially creating another stand-off with Italian authorities who are banning non-governmental organizations from bringing migrants ashore. Italy's out…