Refugees

Migrants and Refugees Face Devastating Hardships This Festive Season

For many refugees and migrants across the world, the onset of winter marks the beginning of a potentially life-threatening period.

Hans Kluge · Dec 21, 2021

Warning of 'Humanitarian Collapse,' Dozens of House Dems Urge Biden to Unfreeze Afghan Funds

Brett Wilkins · Dec 20, 2021

Catastrophic Global Disorder Beckons Unless We Act Swiftly on Climate

Alfred W. McCoy · Dec 16, 2021

Draconian UK Law Puts Vulnerable Asylum Seekers at Risk

Emilie McDonnell · Dec 8, 2021

Biden Is Upholding Trump's Hateful Vision for the Border

Oscar Chacón · Dec 5, 2021

Illegal and Inhumane: Biden-Harris and Immigration

It is the U.S. that has created or greatly contributed to the economic, climatic, and political instability in many of these Latin American and Caribbean countries. As in Afghanistan, the U.S. has the moral and legal obligation to respond humanely to this desperate cry for help.

Sunny Robinson · Dec 1, 2021

'We Must Get This Done': House Dems Urge Restoration of Citizenship Pathway in Reconciliation Bill

"The moment is now," the lawmakers assert. "We urge you to reinstate a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, farmworkers, and essential workers in the Senate's version of the reconciliation bill."

Brett Wilkins · Nov 22, 2021

Rights Defenders Decry 'Unlawful and Cruel' Texas Anti-Migrant Effort as Abbott Surges Troops

"Operation Lone Star appears designed to further criminalize Latinx, Black, and other immigrant communities by arresting and detaining them on trumped-up charges that often fail to pass legal muster."

Brett Wilkins · Nov 22, 2021

Defendant Sean Binder from Germany answers journalists' questions outside the court of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos on November 18, 2021.

'Drop the Charges': Greece Delays Trial of Humanitarians Who Aided Refugees at Sea

"The criminalization of humanitarianism continues."

Andrea Germanos · Nov 18, 2021

Over 84 Million People Forcibly Displaced by Climate Emergency, Insecurity, and Violence

"The international community must redouble its efforts to make peace, and at the same time must ensure resources are available to displaced communities and their hosts."

Jessica Corbett · Nov 11, 2021

Human Rights Advocates Condemn 'Intolerable' Abuse of Refugees Trapped at Poland-Belarus Border

"A few thousand people at Europe's Polish border, many of whom have fled some of the worst crises in the world, is a drop in the ocean compared to the number of people displaced to countries that are much poorer elsewhere," said one refugee rights advocate.

Julia Conley · Nov 11, 2021