Eight athletes and one guide runner will compete as part of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT) at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, representing more than 120 million forcibly displaced ...

Human Rights Watch’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Division defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, displaced people, and migrants worldwide. We investigate rights violations arising from ...

Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Almost one out of three refugees who came to Ohio in the last year settled in the Cleveland area, usurping Columbus as the Ohio place where refugees are most likely to relocate ...

Held every four years, the Global Refugee Forum is the world’s largest international gathering on refugees. It brings together UN Member States, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, ...

Who are refugees and displaced persons? They are men, women and children fleeing war, persecution and political upheaval. They are uprooted with little warning, enduring great hardship during their ...

Others are forced to flee persecution or human rights violations. Our goal is for all refugees and migrants to be treated with dignity and respect, and an immigration and asylum system that is fair ...

A refugee is a person who is seeking a safe haven after being forced to flee violence, persecution or war. Refugees are defined and protected in international law. And seeking asylum is not a crime.

While these wealthier, more stable countries have an obligation to strengthen control of their borders, they also need to make border controls fair and to prioritize admission of refugees fleeing ...

Refugees need our solidarity now more than ever. Solidarity means keeping our doors open, celebrating their strengths and achievements, and reflecting on the challenges they face. Solidarity with ...

The current crisis comes on top of the 2.2 million Afghan refugees already in neighbouring countries and 3.5 million people forced to flee their homes within Afghanistan's borders. The US-led ...

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it is cancelling the agreement regulating its relations with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, the Israeli ...