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The U.N. and partners say more migrants and refugees in Africa are heading north toward the Mediterranean and Europe, crossing dangerous land routes in the Sahara where criminal gangs roam subject them to enslavement, organ removal, rape, kidnapping for ransom and other abuses

A year ago, RSF forces are accused of massacring Masalit people in Darfur. Survivors are scarred and relearning to walk.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has warned that without concerted peace efforts in war-torn Sudan, people will continue to flee to neighbouring countries. Filippo Grandi's comments came ahead of World Refugee Day Thursday, when he highlighted the desperate plight of millions of refugees and internally displaced people across Africa.

Depopulation can be a serious problem – ultimately, a shrinking community can’t maintain its services. But asylum seekers are bringing ghost villages back to life

This year’s theme is Solidarity with Refugees

Some 600,000 Sudanese are seeking safety in Chad, but host communities are blaming them for using up scarce resources.

More than 120 million people have been forcibly displaced by war, violence and persecution – a number the UN's refugee agency describes as a "terrible indictment on the state of the world". More than 6.5 million people have been displaced in Ukraine alone, the UNHCR reported on Thursday, World Refugee…

Hundreds of refugees are living in community housing on an island in northwestern Indonesia while waiting for resettlement in a third country

The looming famine in Sudan is pushing thousands of civilians from Darfur to flee to Chad, say refugees and aid groups.

The actor explained the role hits close to home for him.

Exclusive: Mohammad was one of more than 100 asylum seekers detained ahead of planned deportation flights