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The EU parliament on Wednesday adopted a contentious reform of Europe's asylum policies that will harden border procedures and force all the bloc's 27 nations to share responsibility.

Supreme court of British Indian Ocean Territory rules in favour of Tamil asylum seekers on island

Of the 300,000 refugees who have fled to Cameroon from the Central African Republic, most arrived with painful memories of their lives in the CAR. But displacement has added to their trauma, say those living in the Gado-Badgere refugee camp. Rife sexual violence and poor living conditions have left many…

Economic crisis has driven Warao communities from their traditional life in lush forest to a Brazilian slum

Dozens of Rohingya refugees saved after their boat capsized off Indonesia's westernmost coast last week have been forced from their temporary shelter due to local protests, a United Nations refugee agency official said Wednesday.

Fears of a new migration route grow as more than 800 people land on Gavdos, population fewer than 70, in a few months

As New Delhi claims to help persecuted minorities in South Asia, mainly Muslim refugees from Myanmar face deportation.

Indonesian rescuers called off the search for Rohingya refugees missing at sea after their boat capsized, despite reports from some of the survivors that dozens of people were swept away.

Those rescued include 42 men, 18 women and nine children after boat capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province.

Bangladesh hosts more than a million Rohingya people, many of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar.

Last year was the deadliest for people fleeing violence, war and persecution, according to the UN’s migration agency.