The Rohingya are a stateless minority facing ongoing persecution and violence in Myanmar. Violence against the Rohingya erupted in 2017, forcing over 700,000 to flee to Bangladesh. Now, more than 1.1 ...

A programme designed to support people seeking refuge and asylum has been launched. Safe Steps aims to help vulnerable people ...

Refugees are men, women and children who have fled their home country due to war, persecution, or political upheaval. Some eventually return when it’s safe to do so; others stay in temporary refugee ...

A lot has changed in the last few years, but did you know there are more than 2 million fewer Americans in the labor force today compared to February of 2020? Well, that’s a lot of available jobs and ...

New federal legislation has changed who qualifies for food stamps and health care benefits like Medicaid. Under President Donald Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill,' most refugees and people receiving asylum ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS), a New Haven-based nonprofit refugee and immigrant aid service, the last ...

LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador, 3 May (UNHCR) - Diocelina spends most of her days running from one place to another in Lago Agrio, the small Ecuadorian town where she sought refuge three years ago. As well as ...

The number of displaced people has doubled in the last 10 years. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 123 million people have been forcibly displaced for ...

Around the world, refugees are using their skills to help the communities where they live during the coronavirus crisis. Moyehman is an Iraqi refugee nurse working 12-hour shifts in the COVID-19 ...

Meaghan Fanning, a therapist, and the youth social work manager at Jewish Vocational Services, leads a team dedicated to helping Kansas City refugees, children to young adults, deal with the emotional ...

As national debates continue to reduce immigrants and refugees to slogans, San Antonio offers another story.

News of the threat of detainment and even deportation — a possible death sentence for refugees — is spreading via word of ...