UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

In the wind-swept town of Khanke in northern Iraq, a fragile tree stands as a quiet symbol of resilience. Its slender trunk ...

Some 400,000 Syrians have returned from neighbouring countries since the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, according to estimates by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. During the same period, ...

The 15-year-old had aspired to marry an ISIS fighter and was willing to fight for the group in Syria. The 15-year-old girl had encountered ISIS propaganda online in June 2023, where she became ...

During the past five decades, the U.S. has resettled over 3 million refugees, making it one of the leading countries for finding new homes for people fleeing violence, persecution, and war.

'I do not think that the West in general has carried out its duties towards Syrian refugees.' Ali Ferzat © Ali Ferzat/Mosaic Syria We’ve commissioned a powerful ...

Resettlement is a lifeline open to some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees. A young family from Syria tells us what a huge difference moving to Norway has made in their lives. 'The Norwegian ...

Syrian refugee children standing on a rock in Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters) Director, Program on Arab Politics, Washington Institute for Near ...

Amnesty International urged Turkish authorities on Friday to immediately halt the extradition of Syrian refugee Mohamad Alkayali and release him from detention, warning of severe human rights risks if ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to bring ...

While a court has given relief until the end of June to some Afghan refugees in Pakistan, that doesn’t cover the four guitarist girls and their families, who don’t have the documentation ...

A study of families who have lived through conflict in Syria suggests that genetic imprints of their trauma have been passed to their children and grandchildren. “This is a really great attempt ...