UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Ghana's decision to grant prima facie refugee status to forcibly displaced Burkinabe asylum seekers. This significant move immediately benefits thousands of ...

With the suspension of the United States’ refugee resettlement programme, Malaysia needs to redirect its refugee management ...

Through the years, Rwanda has undertaken various efforts towards improving the welfare of refugees, particularly those from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Burundi. As of September last ...

The 1951 Refugee Convention, supplemented by its 1967 Protocol, help protect them. They are the cornerstone of refugee protection and the key legal documents that form the basis of UNHCR’s work. The ...

Latest survey shows evangelical Christian support for legislation to create pathways to citizenship, but mixed views of ...

EXCLUSIVE: The UK could face calls to enact stricter immigration laws in the wake of EU plans to overhaul the 1951 Refugee ...

This sympathy toward refugees on an institutional level among evangelicals is reflected in Lifeway Research’s new study, ...

Toppling Bashar Assad does not mean that Syria is at peace. The 1951 Refugee Convention espouses the principle of non-refoulement — that refugees cannot be returned against their will to a war zone.

Thai leader's official visit to China this week marks 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between two countries ...

Refugees are among the most vulnerable people in the world. The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol help protect them. They are the only global legal instruments explicitly covering the ...

Japan is a signatory to the Refugee Convention, which defines a refugee as a person who has fled his or her home country because of fears of persecution on racial, religious or other grounds.