Refugees
Standoff with Trump administration sidelines UN refugee agency deputy, sources say
UNHCR told Reuters that Finerty requested a partial waiver from the US government late last month.
Trump administration to admit primarily Afrikaners under new refugee proposal
More Yemenis expected to flee from upsurge in fighting, UN says
Yemeni refugees flee across Bab al-Mandab as fighting with Houthis intensifies
Yemen conflict displaces 112,000 people inside country, thousands flee to Djibouti, UN agency says
The UN described the new fighting as a crisis layered atop Yemen’s long-running humanitarian emergency.
Before lecturing Israel, Britain should remember its record on Jewish refugees - opinion
A country whose government restricted the escape of persecuted Jews while the Nazi killing machine was gathering momentum should be extremely cautious before preaching morality to the Jewish state.
UN refugee agency scales back posts and budget for 2027, documents show
In 2025, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had 16,126 budgeted posts versus 12,051 this year and 8,540 in 2027, the budget documents showed.
Ethiopian asylum seekers in Israel face deportation after years without permanent status
Asked whether any of this had left him bitter toward Israel, one Ethiopian asylum seeker, who asked not to be named for fear of deportation, rejected the premise. “I don’t hate,” he said.
Iranian Christian dissident denied right to stay in Israel with his wife, child - interview
"Everything inside me began to change. I started thinking: maybe the people they hung from cranes were innocent too, like us. Maybe the people whose hands they cut off were also innocent."
At least 144 refugees dead or missing off coast of Mauritania, UN agency says
The toll comes after three rescue operations in Mauritania between July 14-18, the UN agency said, calling for more access to education and labor opportunities to create sea crossing alternatives.
Diplomatic efforts seek to avert Trump split with UN refugee agency, sources say
The sources said that the agency had informed supporters that it could be placed on a US blacklist, ending funding, and that Washington could also withdraw from its governing Executive Committee.
More than 500 feared dead after boats carrying refugees sink off Myanmar coast, UN says
The two vessels left Myanmar at the end of June, carrying passengers primarily from the Rohingya Muslim minority, in an effort to reach Malaysia, Indonesia, or Thailand.
'Unconscionable': Human rights activist decry EU visas for Taliban officials
Since its return to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has steadily rolled back on women’s rights, banning girls from age 13 from attending school, legalizing domestic violence and child marriage.
US plans to deport Iranians to Central African Republic, sources say
The Iranians include two women who face potential torture and persecution if they are forced to go back to Iran, their lawyer, Emily Trostle, said.
