Angelina Jolie leaves U.N. refugee agency after more than 20 year

The UNHCR estimates that more than 100 million people are currently displaced around the world.

17 December 2022

Sri Lankan navy rescues over 100 adrift Rohingya refugees

In 2018, more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to neighbouring Bangladesh following a military crackdown in Myanmar.

20 December 2022

Rescuers toil on in rubble of Turkey and Syriaa

Turkey said about 80,000 people were in hospital, with more than 1 million in temporary shelters.

12 February 2023

Biden comes under pressure over easing of U.S. asylum rules

The Biden administration has pushed back at arguments that ending Title 42 amounted to an opening of U.S. borders to illegal immigrants.

19 December 2022

Harsh winter looms as Russian attacks hobble Ukraine's power

Water supplies had been restored in 1,400 settlements and mobile communications in 1,200 settlements.

23 November 2022

Minors from controversial migrant ship flee French refugee centre

The children were not locked up and were free to go where they wanted.

18 November 2022

Bangladesh panel says fire at Rohingya camps 'planned sabotage’

A massive blaze in March 2021 killed at least 15 refugees and destroyed more than 10,000 homes.myan

13 March 2023

Four Nigerians, rescued in Brazil, survived 14 days on a rudder

Both men said economic hardship, political instability and crime had left them with little option but to abandon their native Nigeria.

2 August 2023