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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For Refugees to the US, Discrimination Can Make Healthcare Harder to Get
Written by Hyojin Im, Associate Professor of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University Newly arrived refugees resettling in the United States face ending one long journey and embarking on another as….
What is Ceuta’s Aftermath?
On 30 June, around 78,000 undocumented migrants arrived by swimming around the border fences between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The seven-square-mile city was ill-prepared for such a….
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….
Trump’s Plans for Guantanamo Bay Detention Protested by Congress
More than 30 members of Congress demanded the Trump administration stop the use of Guantánamo Bay for migrant detention, lift sanctions contributing to Cuba’s humanitarian crisis, and abandon reported plans….