Refugees

Refugees in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have voiced fears for relatives on the other side of the disputed Himalayan border after India revoked the Muslim-majority region's special autonomy, raising fears of fresh violence. On Monday, the Indian government …

(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Friday struck down one of President Donald Trump’s initiatives to curtail asylum claims, ruling that the government could not reject migrants who had crossed the border illegally. A different federal judge had already put…

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee took a hard hit at President Donald Trump at Wednesday night’s 2020 Democratic debate, calling him a white nationalist. The governor’s nameless jab came as part of his response on what he plans to do about immigration reform, a que…

We Americans have been confronted by devastating images from our southern border and increasingly polarized views on how to address this untenable situation. At times I wonder if we are retreating from the ideal of America as a country founded by and for br…

Ethnic communities help newly-arrived refugees find work, a new study of asylum seekers in Switzerland shows. The findings show that new refugees were more likely to get a job within their first five years if Swiss officials assigned them to live in an area …

Today, 250 million people around the world live outside their home country. 10% are refugees fleeing their native lands due to war, persecution and other devastating factors beyond their control. The U.S. has welcomed over 3 million refugees since 1980, but t…

What is Myanmar offering the Rohingya to return home?

Names marked with an asterisk* have been changed to protect identities Sitting in an inner-city Istanbul park, Ahmad* was enjoying music and the company of his friends, until someone spotted police walking over. His heart started racing, though calmly he st…

Cricket is the fastest growing sport in Sweden. Its popularity is being driven by the arrival of migrants from across Asia. And as Al Jazeera's Paul Rhys reports from Malmo, the sport is helping refugees from Afghanistan integrate into their new home.

On June 20, World Refugee Day, TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer published an op-ed urging businesses to help address the global refugee crisis and pledging to donate millions of dollars to humanitarian organisations "to support and help refugees rebuild their l…