Amid the Violent Minnesota Raids, ICE Arrests Over 100 Refugees, Ships Many to Texas Federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release those detained; lawsuit called the mass arrest Capital & Main · Feb 3
4 Ways Trump Is Reshaping the U.S. Immigration Bureaucracy These bureaucratic maneuvers are making it harder for immigrants to work, learn, and live in the United States. Reason · Feb 3
‘You take what you can and run’: families describe harrowing journey to escape fighting in DRC Thousands who fled the advance of M23 rebels now face the threat of disease and shortages in Burundi’s overcrowded refugee camps The Guardian - UK · Feb 2
African migration: focusing on Europe misses the point – most people move within the continent Images of rubber dinghies overcrowded with refugees heading for Europe and narratives about mistreatment and exploitation of migrants on unsafe migration routes have come to dominate how African migration is perceived in European public and policy debates. The Conversation · Jan 29
Afghan migrants stranded in Pakistan after the US suspends refugee resettlement In January 2025, Seema received an email from the International Organization for Migration saying that her flight from Pakistan to the United States, which she and her family were booked on after months of extensive interviewing and background checks by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, had been canceled. The Conversation · Jan 29
Judge blocks ICE arrests of Minnesota refugees who were ‘subjected to terror’ ‘At its best, America serves as a haven of individual liberties in a world too often full of tyranny and cruelty. We abandon that ideal when we subject our neighbors to fear and chaos’, wrote District Judge John Tunheim The Independent UK · Jan 28
ICE is ‘hunting down’ Minnesota refugees with legal status in sweeping operation, lawsuit claims Lawyers ask federal judge to freeze Homeland Security’s Operation PARRIS as Trump administration alleges widespread fraud The Independent UK · Jan 27
South Africa’s new immigration policy takes a digital direction – will it succeed? South Africa has a new draft white paper on immigration, citizenship and refugees. This, the fourth in three decades, represents a step change from the previous efforts. It is a genuine attempt to develop an efficient but humane set of policies. The Conversation · Jan 27
The first refugee to lead the U.N. refugee agency calls this a 'very difficult moment in history' The first refugee to lead the U_N_ refugee agency tells The Associated Press that the world faces a “very difficult moment in history.” The Independent UK · Jan 26
‘We ran from monsters’: Once welcomed by Germany after IS genocide, Yazidis are now deported to a life of limbo in refugee camps The sun burns down on a small village less than 20 miles north-east of Mosul, Iraq. Milisia, 14, and her sister Madlin, 13, greet me at the gate in flawless, almost accent-free German. They lead me into the yard of a grey, rectangular, one-story building where their family rents a… The Conversation · Jan 23
Maga is funding murals of a slain Ukrainian refugee. Are they weaponizing her memory? More than $1m has been raised by Elon Musk and others to commission ‘sterile’ street art of Iryna Zarutska – whose death has become a rightwing flashpoint The Guardian - US · Jan 23
Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh destroyed homes and displaced thousands of Rohingya A massive fire this week has destroyed hundreds of makeshift homes in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, displacing more than 2,000 people The Independent UK · Jan 22
Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation Joe Engel was and remains an icon in Charleston, South Carolina. Born in Zakroczym, Poland, he survived Auschwitz and several other concentration camps and fought with the resistance before landing on American shores as a refugee in 1949. The Conversation · Jan 21
Palestinian refugees’ West Bank football pitch saved after Uefa president lobbies Israel A football pitch used by refugees in the occupied West Bank has been saved from demolition after an intervention by the president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferin The Guardian - UK · Jan 20
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20 Israel bulldozes Unrwa headquarters in East Jerusalem Palestinian refugee agency compound is demolished, while teargas is fired at UN vocational school in West Bank
The Independent UK · Jan 20 Israeli crews begin bulldozing headquarters of UN agency for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem Israeli crews have started bulldozing the Jerusalem headquarters of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19 ‘No other option’: inside the refugee camp for trans Americans fleeing Trump Fear, abuse and eroding rights have forced many trans people to leave the US – can they claim asylum in the Netherlands?
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16 I never thought I’d see an asylum hotel on fire, or worry about my staff’s safety. The past five years changed that As head of an immigration charity, I’ve seen firsthand how hostility and toxicity have reached unprecedented levels, says outgoing Refugee Council CEO Enver Solomon
The Conversation · Jan 15 Refugee families are more likely to become self-reliant if provided with support outside of camp settings Refugees provided with targeted support outside of designated camps have a better chance of finding jobs, economic stability and safety.
Euronews · Jan 15 Euronews journalists' voices stolen in fake anti-Ukraine videos A collection of doctored reports shared on a pro-Russian Telegram channel has edited the voices of genuine reporters to spread incriminating false information about Ukrainian refugees.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 14 Palestinian citizen of Israel wins UK asylum over ‘well-founded fear of persecution’ Exclusive: Refugee status granted despite attempt by former home secretary James Cleverly to block 26-year-old’s claim
The Independent UK · Jan 13 Myanmar turned lives of Rohingya Muslims into ‘nightmare’, international court told on first day of genocide trial Case centres around Myanmar military’s operations in 2016 and 2017 that sent over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh to escape persecution
Evening Standard · Jan 12 Nadhim Zahawi: The millionaire MP who paid a tax penalty while chancellor The MP who arrived in the UK as a child refugee with no English, built a fortune and rose to political stardom, is fighting for his career.
The Independent UK · Jan 9 Trump team admits it’s reviewing the status of thousands of refugees in Minnesota Department of Homeland Security announced the operation, which began in mid-December, days after killing of Renee Nicole Good
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7 ‘It takes a town to raise a family’: the community sponsors supporting refugees in the UK Groups are coming together across the country to help refugee families settle and integrate into local life