UNHCR: Budget and Staff Cuts Force UN Refugee Agency to Rethink Its Role
According to diplomats and documents seen by Reuters, the U.N. refugee agency has reduced its official headcount by about 3,500 and cut its budget by 16% as it adjusts to….
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The U.S.’s Third-Country Removals: An Inhumane Policy
The Trump administration is using third-country deportations as a legal loophole to indirectly force asylum seekers back to their home countries. As The Guardian revealed, in late August, around 20….
The’ ‘Stick and Carrot’ US Deportation Strategy
More than 200,000 migrants have taken Trump’s offer to get paid for self-deporting since the program’s inception. As part of its strategy to carry out 1 million deportations a year,….
At a Time of Harder Borders and ‘Ruthless’ Rhetoric, the Refugee Convention is More Important Than Ever
This article was originally published on 23 July on The Conversation. This month marks 75 years since the adoption of the 1951 Refugee Convention on July 28 1951. Negotiated in….
America Closing Its Doors: It’s the End of Asylum?
Modern refugee protection grew from a global effort to make sure people fleeing persecution would not be left with nowhere to go. In contrary, for much of its past, the….