Biden risks Mexico border crisis as migrant children fill up shelters
More than 5,700 unaccompanied minors were apprehended at the border in January, the highest total for that month in recent years, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The refugee team that will compete at the Tokyo Olympics will be finalized in June from a group of 55 athletes from across 12 sports, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday. The IOC unveiled its first team of refugees at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics ...
COVID-19 cluster discovered at immigration facility as new strain spreads in Japan
The new variant, which features the so-called E484K mutation that may undermine vaccine effectiveness, has been identified in 93 cases in the nation.
Government approves bill to bail asylum-seekers from long-term detention
Some will be released under the proposed law if they pay up to ¥3 million, while forced medical treatment will be permitted in detention to prevent deaths through hunger strikes.
Residency rules impoverish Kurdish refugees as pandemic strips away support
Many who seek asylum in Japan, and are released from detention on condition that they do not work, now find they can't afford medical care or food.
Myanmar's conflict-scarred Rohingya on edge with return of generals
Long-persecuted Muslim minority fear further violence in a restive part of the country where others have shown support for the new regime.
Bangladesh sends more Rohingya refugees to remote island despite criticism
More than 1,400 Rohingya Muslim refugees were relocated to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, despite opposition from human rights groups concerned about the site's vulnerability to storms and flooding. Including a similar sized group who were moved on Friday, it ...
Locked up in a Melbourne hotel for a year, then a sudden taste of freedom
For scores of other asylum-seekers who have been held in Australian hotels, stifling conditions have stretched on for months and months.
'Pray floods don't kill us': The Rohingya's remote Bangladesh island
Some 100,000 Rohingya refugees are being moved to the island of Bhasan Char, despite opposition from human rights groups.
'What choice do we have?': Rohingya women face odyssey of misery
As conditions deteriorate in increasingly overcrowded Bangladeshi refugee camps, desperate parents are marrying off their daughters to Rohingya men thousands of kilometers away in Malaysia.
Rohingya trafficking network sells dreams but delivers violence and extortion
Hundreds looking to escape a Bangladesh refugee camp are believed to have died at sea from beatings, starvation or dehydration.
Amnesty calls on Japan to set detention limits for foreigners
Japan is considering allowing foreign nationals applying for refugee status to be released and providing financial support to help them cover basic living costs.
