Refugees

‘Appalled’: Dozens of Democrats slam Biden’s border policies
New US restrictions on asylum ‘will not solve’ challenge at country’s border with Mexico, Democratic legislators say.
Published On 26 Jan 2023
OPINION,
Letter from a mass grave in Mexico
Earlier this month, I visited an unmarked grave for those who died in Mexico’s US-backed war on asylum seekers.
opinion by Belén Fernández
Published On 26 Jan 2023
UN agency for Palestinian refugees seeks $1.6bn in funding
UNRWA says facing immense strain, calls for urgent funding to operate in 2023 amid ‘compounding challenges’.
Published On 24 Jan 2023
US launches programme allowing private ‘sponsorship’ of refugees
Immigrant rights groups welcome new pathway for refugee resettlement amid tensions over Biden administration policies.
Published On 19 Jan 2023

More than 3,500 Rohingya refugees risked the dangerous sea crossing to escape Myanmar or Bangladesh last year.

Critics say policies pursued by Italy’s new government will lead to more deaths in the Mediterranean.

Lesbos court says cases brought against two dozen people have procedural flaws.

Hassan Al Kontar told Al Jazeera he has not seen his family since 2008 and hopes to obtain a Canadian passport.

State media says group, including children, sent to prison for two to five years for not having documents.

Lesbos trial involving 24 aid workers could have a chilling effect on humanitarian efforts in Europe, critics say.

A severe economic downturn in Cuba has fuelled record migration to the United States, with boat crossings on the rise.

Banned from working, a refugee family from Bangladesh tries to survive in one of the world’s most expensive cities.

Tripoli residents who are in contact with the survivors say a woman and a child – both Syrian – have died.

The boat came ashore in Ujong Pie village, a day after a wooden vessel with 57 Rohingya landed in another part of Aceh.

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