The Latest Breaking News from Refugee

The new Footnote x Counterpoints prize for narrative nonfiction includes a publishing agreement, and welcomes work that ‘crosses cultures and borders’

Learning centres give refugee children, and the women who teach them, the chance to follow their dreams.

More than 500 still missing in Mediterranean on World Refugee Day

Marking World Refugee Day, Kenya’s president has met with a top U.N. official to discuss a new plan to integrate refugees into host communities

Lebanese authorities campaign for mass deportations to Syria, violating international law and putting refugees in mortal danger.

The definition excludes a vast range of people fleeing horrific violence and oppression.

Israel’s 16-year blockade of Gaza isn’t just a political issue, but a daily reality that affects all aspects of life

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says that without a new injection of funding, it is “likely or highly likely” that the agency will not be able to deliver some services or pay salaries by the fall

On this year’s World Refugee Day, a record number of people are displaced – some 110 million, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. People continue to be forced from their homes by conflict, persecution and insecurity, and increasingly by disasters related to climate change.

With more displaced people than ever and less aid to go around, entrepreneurship can help refugees become self-reliant.

Israel is concerned that Palestinians are increasingly taking up arms, with Jenin becoming a symbol of resistance.