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Six men held for years after trying to get to Australia by boat look forward to starting new lives in New Zealand.

Aid recipients will get funds in the stablecoin USDC, which can be redeemed at any MoneyGram location.

Faced with an overwhelmed asylum system, Costa Rica, one of the world’s great refuges for those fleeing persecution, is tightening its generous policies

Home secretary says fatalities are ‘sobering reminder’ as major search and rescue operation continues

‘If you enter the UK illegally, you should not be able to remain here,’ prime minister vows

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to clear a backlog of asylum-seeker applications

The British actor has worked with the UN Refugee Agency since 2014.

The fix is in. During the Thanksgiving holiday, the Biden administration announced it was quietly reversing policy and allowing limited petroleum imports from Venezuela. The Treasury Department lifted restrictions permitting a six-month deal to ease sanctions so that Chevron petroleum may buy and then ship Venezuelan crude oil to American…

Vessel thought to have embarked from Bangladesh is reportedly near Malaysia with 160 people onboard who have no food or water

On Human Rights Day, a sit-in at the UN refugee agency in Geneva gives voice to people detained in Libya.

During the week of December 5, Rohingya refugees sent messages of distress from boats adrift at sea. Their families have shared videos of the scenes, while human rights activists have called on neighbouring countries like Thailand to take action.