Refugees

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 …

India should draft a national refugee law for fair and equal treatment of refugees, Mohd Shahzad, an expert in refugee-related issues, has said. Dr. Shahzad, a guest faculty at the Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university, holds a doctorate in conducting …

Glasgow, Scotland - Signs reading People Make Glasgow may dominate Scotland's largest metropolis, but not every visitor has enjoyed the hospitality of what has been called a friendly city. Some 300 asylum seekers who live in apartments - often several people…

The US government says it is expanding detention space along the southern border with Mexico to improve conditions for Central American asylum seekers being held. Images of women, men, and children packed into overcrowded cells have added to fierce criticism…

Will the rest of Europe follow Italy's tough stance on migration?

Lima, Peru - Yonaimer Godoy and his wife peered into his cracked phone, their eyes stained with tears. "What are you doing over there?" Godoy's father asked him through a video call. "Crying." It was their son's second birthday, and they were stuck in a mi…