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The UNHCR said there is no a need for more restrictive interpretation on who qualifies for protection.

As our planet warms, we’re experiencing more frequent and severe weather events, rising sea levels, prolonged droughts and altered ecosystems. These environmental shifts directly affect people’s livelihoods by destroying crops and depleting water sources. They make once-inhabitable areas uninhabitable.

Home secretary’s address in Washington will urge reform of UN convention and has already prompted concern from charities

Chen Siming pleads for safe passage to US, saying his situation is ‘dangerous and urgent’ amid Beijing’s pursuit of him

As crowds carrying unlit candles mill about Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, travel agents who manage large groups of Holy Land tourists from Kerala keep an eye out. They could get into trouble if they lose sight of the men and women from their group looking for a chance…

Many refugees remain without shelter after making the arduous journey to Libya from war-torn Sudan.

IOM says half of country’s population now in need of aid and protection after months of violence

The Russian man, who claimed asylum in the UK, was arrested at Palermo airport and was told he would be sent back to his country of origin

No Rohingya refugee child should die in a detention centre in India, and refugee children ought to be treated in a manner that upholds their right to life and development

The UN hailed a pilot project that cut the cost of helping refugees, but the Home Office remains set on hardline illegal migration bill

Al Jazeera speaks to Sudanese refugees in Tunisia’s Sfax who dream of ‘complete security’ across the Mediterranean.