Refugees and rights activists rallied in the rain outside the National Assembly on Thursday, urging lawmakers to scrap a ...

The modern framework for refugee rights and international protection is grounded in the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, which together establish the ...

Every day, millions of people around the world are forced to flee their homes because of war, persecution, political instability, violence, or gross violations of human rights.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Egyptian government on Tuesday to revise the draft of the new asylum bill, known as the Law Regarding the Asylum of Foreigners (LRAF), and urged the government ...

The Constitutional Court has ruled that procedural delays cannot be used to reject asylum applications, ensuring all claims ...

Editor’s Note: Amanda Levete is a RIBA Stirling Prize-winning architect and founding principal of AL_A, an international award-winning design and architecture studio based in London. For her September ...

The U.S. has been waffling for decades over whether women have a right to refugee protection when fleeing gender-based violence. Under different administrations, the Department of Justice has ...

KAMPALA, Uganda, Feb 26 (UNHCR) - Legislators in Uganda have tabled a pioneering refugee bill that, if passed by the Parliament and signed into law, could pave the way for the improved protection of ...

GENEVA – Ahead of World Refugee Day tomorrow, the Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR) – a group of UN and regional human rights experts and mandate holders – issued the following ...

Many refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt, mostly from Sudan and South Sudan, have faced a months-long campaign of arbitrary ...

Refugees are more likely to suffer from mental health problems than the average person due to their migration experiences and socioeconomic status. Psychosocial support helps, but it should not stand ...

According to Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, 109 prisoners in Iran were executed in June.