Dozens of South African Afrikaners have arrived in the U.S., with some settling in Iowa, following President Trump's decision to grant them refugee status.

Or, they may have held a non-refugee visa and subsequently applied for refugee status after arriving in Australia. These people, termed “asylum seekers”, are in a much more precarious situation.

A Rohingya refugee from Myanmar’s Rakhine State stands in his home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Credit: ODI Global When 21-year-old Van* arrived in Malaysia, he hoped he could finally catch his ...

It had made the U.S. the global leader in refugee resettlement. As a scholar of refugees and displacement, I expect refugee admissions to remain close to zero for the rest of Trump’s term.

Several U.S. refugee resettlement organizations asked a federal judge on Monday to restore the U.S. refugee program, arguing President Donald Trump's indefinite suspension is unlawful and is ...

After taking office, Trump paused the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to determine if it “aligns with the interests of the United States,” with a report due every 90 days on whether the ...

For example, in his final year as president, George W. Bush admitted around 60,000 refugees in 2008 after setting a cap of 80,000. Trump slashed the refugee program during his first term.

Alsi Yussuf, a refugee from Somalia, carries freshly picked tomatoes while harvesting vegetables for a community share program, Aug. 19, 2024, in Dunbarton, New Hampshire.

Little Amal, a puppet symbolizing refugee children, was presented on Friday at the Central Train Station in the Chilean capital, Santiago. Amal arrives in South America after traveling to more ...

Little Amal is a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child who has become a global symbol of human rights, especially those of refugees.

12-Ft Child Refugee Puppet Little Amal learns ASL from the deaf community to find home. Little Amal is a giant puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl searching around the world for a home ...

I don’t know anyone there and wouldn’t even know where to start from.” Malawi is party to both the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention.