Refugees

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…

When a gunman targeting Mexicans killed 22 people in the US state of Texas last week, President Donald Trump denounced white supremacy and called for unity. But critics say the president's anti-immigrant rhetoric is increasing the hatred behind such attacks.…

Washington (AFP) - Acting US immigration chief Ken Cuccinelli came under fire Tuesday for twisting the words of a famed poem that appears on a plaque at the Statue of Liberty. "Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will…

Supported by Marriott Bonvoy Though Vietnamese and Cajun cuisines share a lot of common ground, it wasnt until a community of immigrants and refugees came to New Orleans in the 1970s that the flavors fused. Over time, their descendants have begun to experime…

Nina Francisco, the founder of Nina Malanje, is focused on building a natural skincare line and reducing unemployment for young women living in South Africa. Alyssa Blumstein Over half of the youth in South Africa are unemployed. Take a moment to let that …

Rita Aldaoud was in still in bed around 7 a.m. in early June when a strange number from Iraq rang her phone. Born and raised in Michigan, she ignored it, assuming that it was a foreign robocall. But after receiving two more calls from the same number, she fin…