Refugees

An estimated 750,000 internally displaced Syrians returned to their homes through the first half of 2018, nearly equal the amount for all of last year.

At least 16,000 people have been displaced from their homes by armed conflict in the border region between Colombia and Venezuela, the United Nations said.

France's Constitutional Court ruled Friday that people could not be charged for helping migrants who entered the country illegally.

The U.N. Security Council should coerce warring groups in Yemen to commit to a ceasefire and peace talks in order to save half a million civilian lives in the port city of Hodeidah, Oxfam…

After several days of unrelenting Russian air strikes, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on Jordan to open its borders to Syrian refugees on Thursday.

Algeria has opened up the doors of its air-conditioned expulsion buses to try to allay criticism of its treatment of deportees.

At the impromptu camp near the Jordanian border, fleeing Syrian families now live in their vehicles or under canvas set up in haste.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he heard "unimaginable" accounts of atrocities during a visit Monday to Bangladesh's refugee camps.

Germany sealed deals with Greece and Spain to take back migrants previously registered in those countries, in a crucial win for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called for processing centres to be set up south of Libya's borders as a way to block attempts by migrants to cross the Mediterranean.

Just two days before a mini summit on immigration in Brussels, Italy's three-week-old populist government is digging its heels in on campaign promises to stop the influx of migrants.

First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise visit to the U.S.-Mexican border Thursday, as her husband's administration seeks to quell a firestorm over migrant family separations.

Dubbed the 'Stop Soros' laws after liberal US billionaire George Soros, accused by the Hungarian government of orchestrating migration to Europe, the package of legislation was voted through…

By the end of 2017, the number of refugees was nearly three million higher than the previous year and showed a 50-percent increase from the 42.7 million a decade ago.

US President Trump vowed to prevent the United States from becoming a "migrant camp" as he faced mounting pressure to stop families being separated as a deterrent to illegal immigration.

Germany's Interior Minister Horst Seehofer vowed to close the border to migrants by July if Angela Merkel fails to find solutions with European partners.

Hollywood star and UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie called on world nations to increase their aid to refugees during her visit to Iraq.

The district court of Southwestern Finland found Abderrahman Bouanane guilty of two murders and eight attempted murders "with terrorist intent" in the southern Finnish city of Turku.

People smuggling rings earned some $7.0 billion in 2016, according to the latest report by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

The majority of Syrian refugees in Jordan are in poverty. With the new legislative changes, they will no longer be able to afford much-needed healthcare.