Malaysia’s refugee registration halt risks ‘ultimate disaster’ for new arrivals
Malaysia has ordered the UN refugee agency to stop registering new refugees while it builds a biometric identification…
How Climate Change Is Redefining the Meaning of Refugees
Every June, around World Refugee Day, the United Nations refugee agency releases Global Trends, its annual account of forced…
Japan’s deportation drive strikes fear into asylum seekers, foreign residents
Japan’s tougher deportation drive is deepening fear among asylum seekers and long-term foreign residents, rights groups say, warning…
Changing asylum principles would be ‘catastrophic,’ says UN refugee agency head
GENEVA (Reuters) -Bowing to pressure to reform the refugee convention and asylum system would be a “catastrophic error”,…