Refugees
UN refugee agency scales back posts and budget for 2027, documents show
In 2025, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had 16,126 budgeted posts versus 12,051 this year and 8,540 in 2027, the budget documents showed.
Ethiopian asylum seekers in Israel face deportation after years without permanent status
Iranian Christian dissident denied right to stay in Israel with his wife, child - interview
At least 144 refugees dead or missing off coast of Mauritania, UN agency says
Trump pledged to save Afghans. But UAE already sent some evacuees back, cable shows
While Trump said that he would "try to save them", Reuters reported that the United Arab Emirates sent back families to Afghanistan.
Trump says he will help Afghans stuck in the UAE
"I will try to save them, starting right now," Trump said in a post on Truth Social that linked to an article on the Afghans held in limbo there.
UK planned secret relocation for thousands of Afghans after data leak
The British Government set up a secret scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to the UK after people's details were disclosed in a data leak.
Syrian returns from Lebanon to start under UN-backed plan, marking major shift
Returning Syrians will be provided with $100 each in Lebanon and $400 per family upon arrival in Syria, Lebanese Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed said.
Palestinian family in Gaza ask UK court for help to join relative
The foreign office, however, says evacuating citizens from Gaza is incredibly complex and that Britain can only offer support in exceptional circumstances.
A million more Afghans could be sent back from Iran, Red Cross warns
"(We) are anticipating that an additional one million people, possibly more, may return from Iran to Afghanistan by the end of this year," said Sami Fakhouri.
Millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan set to be deported
The latest round of deportations follows an earlier phase launched after March 31, which focused on Afghans holding Afghan Citizen Cards and those without documentation.
Hundreds flee Iran to Azerbaijan amid rampant Israeli strikes
Azerbaijan has kept land borders closed since the COVID-19 pandemic, but it allowed the foreigners to enter via a "humanitarian corridor" crossing at Astara in its southeast corner.
Trump’s new travel ban will block ‘those in need of real refuge,’ American Jewish Committee says
The stance by one of the world’s largest Jewish organizations comes as some Jewish groups have signaled a growing unease with Trump’s policies.
Israel should provide Gazans with the freedom to choose emigration - opinion
This sort of strategic maneuver would have far-reaching implications.