The 1951 Refugee Convention was adopted to ensure the protection of rights by reconciling the interests of refugees with those of the states and communities receiving them, and in parallel, the right ...

When the Nazis came to power in Germany, so-called "degenerate" Surrealist artists were forced to flee. Fortunately, Mexico ...

While the Labour government’s reforms go too far for some, they don’t go far enough for many. The bottom line is, Britain is ...

GENEVA, Feb 12 (UNHCR) - Despite rough seas and harsh winter weather, more than 80,000 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by boat during the first six weeks of 2016, more than in the first four ...

In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled ...

Turkey will contain more Middle Eastern refugees within its owns borders so fewer of them flee to other European countries, under a deal it reached Sunday with the European Union. In return for ...

The United Nations defines a refugee as someone who is outside their country of origin and unable or unwilling to return due ...

Facebook guides refugees before they even leave Syria, said Muhammed Salih Ali, head of the Izmir-based Association for Solidarity With Syrian Refugees. Many are told on Facebook pages to make their ...

The U.N. said the five refugees have frozen to death already this year. — -- Freezing temperatures across Eastern Europe are imperiling the lives of thousands of refugees, many of whom are ...

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - When setting the table for Christmas dinner, Slovaks traditionally put one extra plate on the table for an unexpected guest in need. This hospitality, however, has not been ...

This changed after World War II, when President Harry Truman pushed to bring in approximately 400,000 displaced refugees from ...