The Board of Immigration Appeals denied a Salvadoran woman asylum, ruling that her claim that Salvadoran women constitute a ...

The U.S. has been waffling for decades over whether women have a right to refugee protection when fleeing gender-based ...

The tale of Afghanistan has recently taken a drastic turn, with the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021 prompting a massive exodus of Afghans, seeking refuge from the imminent dangers and uncertainty ...

Protection to refugees in mass influx situations, particularly when their presence drags on for years. Such protracted refugee situations often lead to dwindling international support and sorely test ...

Demonstrations have been held outside hotels housing asylum seekers including the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, and in London ...

For decades, Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA) has helped thousands of refugees rebuild their lives in Georgia. This year marks 50 years of service, even as ...

GENEVA, Oct 7 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency's top protection official today warned states that politicising the asylum debate will only compromise refugee protection without solving migration ...

In 2015, Germany was faced with a mass influx of about 890,000 asylum seekers. It too used the 1951 Refugee Convention definition as its primary criterion for protection. But by broadening the ...

The UN Refugee Agency is developing a new AI project to detect bottlenecks slowing down refugee status determination ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency welcomed the outcomes of a Tripartite Meeting held from 22 to 24 July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the ...

The 1951 Refugee Convention includes a “cessation clause” that says a refugee no longer needs protection when the circumstances that caused the person to become a refugee “have ceased to ...

EU: ‘Reject plans to offshore asylum and safeguard refugee protection,’ say over 90 NGOs LONDON - Ahead of the first plenary of the newly elected European Parliament, over 90 human rights and ...