Refugees

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…

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?