Refugees

Syrian refugees are more satisfied with settlement services and their community when they spend their first year of settlement in a smaller city, according to a new University of Alberta study. Researchers compared experiences of refugees from Syria who were…

The captain of a ship that rescued thousands of migrants from the Mediterranean Sea has turned down a medal of honor because the medal, she says, represents the hypocrisy of how countries treat migrant issues. Pia Kemp, a 35-year-old German biologist and b…

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - Driving through the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, bamboo huts with makeshift tarpaulin roofs stretch across the hilly horizon as far as the eye can see, while flags with the names of aid organisations ripple in the breeze. A…

Pia Klemp has refused to accept a medal for bravery from Paris' mayor, saying, "We do not need authorities deciding about who is a 'hero' and who is 'illegal.' " Tristar Media/Getty Images The captain of a controversial ship that saved migrants in the Medit…

During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the U.S. without exceeding the nations existing quotas. The primary mechanism that kept them out: the immigration laws likely to become a public charge clause. Consula…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Conditions have deteriorated aboard the crowded rescue ship An Italian prosecutor has ordered the seizure of the Open Arms migrant ship and the evacuation of the migrants on board on to the island of Lampedusa, Italian m…

Spain is dispatching a navy ship to assist the transfer of scores of stranded asylum seekers to a Spanish port, as the rescue boat that picked them up nearly three weeks ago remains anchored off the coast of an Italian island amid a standoff with Italy's far-…

A corridor of newborns at the San Jose de Maicao Hospital in Maicao, Colombia. Venezuelan migrants have given birth to more than 25,000 infants in Colombia over the past two years. Charlie Cordero/The Washington Post/Getty Images Yuletsy Martinez, 19, and h…

It's easy to think of climate denial as a right-wing phenomenon, but a growing and ultra-violent strain of white-nationalism also embraces climate science, in the worst way possible. Several of the recent white nationalist mass killers have described themsel…

The United Nations has appealed for more humanitarian aid for Venezuelan refugees pouring into neighbouring countries, where they are overwhelming social services and reportedly sparking local tensions. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo …