Authorities initially blocked the refugees from disembarking to prevent them from escaping and because some local residents ...

The White House stopped funding refugee resettlement agencies. Federal funding made up roughly 80% of their budgets.

The mostly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar -- their predominantly Buddhist homeland -- and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia ...

Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to new prime ...

The Brazilian government on Wednesday said it is scrambling to fund a joint operation with United Nations agencies to ...

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have regained their homes since an Islamist-led coalition ousted Assad on December 8, while ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has revealed plans to install solar systems in 18 offices by 2025, ...

The relationship between Israel and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA ...

By Thomas Escritt, Poppy McPherson and Maggie Fick BERLIN/BANGKOK/LONDON (Reuters) -Field hospitals in Thai refugee camps, ...

A spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees warned on Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo ...

Cate Blanchett has announced a refugee film fund, offering five filmmakers €100,000 to tell the story of those displaced by ...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has urged the international community to step up assistance for Syrians returning to their war-torn homeland, as the country remains gripped by a ...