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The number of refugees and asylum-seekers from Central America seeking safety in the United States has soared in recent years. Here's what you need to know about U.S. asylum and border policies.
More than 100 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes due to persecution and conflict. Here's what you need to know about asylum and the right to seek safety.
A review of Australian measures for asylum-seekers arriving by boat announced this month had raised serious protection questions.
Casa del Migrante, Tijuana's oldest shelter for asylum-seekers, has been a house of refuge for thousands of families on their journey to safety.
UNHCR is concerned about the new U.S. practice of transferring asylum-seekers and migrants, expelled under a U.S. public health order, by aircraft from the United States to southern Mexico.
This year on World Refugee Day, USA for UNHCR's CEO Anne-Marie Grey reflects on the right to seek asylum and calls for solidarity with refugees and displaced people in their search for safety.
The UN Refugee Agency is calling on States to urgently release refugees and asylum-seekers who are being unlawfully and arbitrarily held in detention.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appeals to the government of the United States to swiftly lift the public health-related asylum restrictions that remain in effect at the border.
UNHCR welcomes the continued efforts of the United States government to protect refugees and asylum-seekers as part of its Blueprint for a Fair, Orderly, and Humane Immigration System.
More than two years on from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees is calling on states to lift remaining pandemic-related asylum restrictions.
Kate Clark, Senior Director of Immigration Services at Jewish Family Service, explains how a shelter in San Diego is providing critical protection, healthcare and legal education to asylum seekers.
The humanitarian situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is complex but one thing is simple -- families who are fleeing violence and persecution deserve our compassion.
UNHCR is aware of the United States government’s announcement on reinstating the Migrant Protection Protocols program and urges the U.S. to continue to follow through with efforts to end the program.
As winter bites, UNHCR helps the Greek government move vulnerable asylum-seekers from reception centers on the Aegean Islands to shelter on the mainland.
Alberto Marino had a good life in Venezuela. But violence broke out and Alberto knew he needed to flee his home if he was going to survive. “At 33, I left behind my family, my whole career,” recalls Alberto. “I came to the U.S. escaping for my life.”
As the number of people forced to flee is growing by the day, it’s crucial that we as Americans and global citizens welcome people seeking safety from conflict. Let's build a movement of solidarity for refugees and asylum seekers across the globe, including those approaching the U.S. southern border. Every day that Title 42 remains in place, thousands of people are at continued risk of violence and persecution. Join USA for UNHCR and add your name to say: Every person has the right to seek safety, whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.
As the number of people forced to flee is growing by the day, it’s crucial that we as Americans and global citizens welcome people seeking safety from conflict. Let's build a movement of solidarity for refugees and asylum seekers across the globe, including those approaching the U.S. southern border. Every day that Title 42 remains in place, thousands of people are at continued risk of violence and persecution. Join USA for UNHCR and add your name to say: Every person has the right to seek safety, whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.
As the number of people forced to flee is growing by the day, it’s crucial that we as Americans and global citizens welcome people seeking safety from conflict. Let's build a movement of solidarity for refugees and asylum seekers across the globe, including those approaching the U.S. southern border. Every day that Title 42 remains in place, thousands of people are at continued risk of violence and persecution. Join USA for UNHCR and add your name to say: Every person has the right to seek safety, whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.
As the number of people forced to flee is growing by the day, it’s crucial that we as Americans and global citizens welcome people seeking safety from conflict. Let's build a movement of solidarity for refugees and asylum seekers across the globe, including those approaching the U.S. southern border. Every day that Title 42 remains in place, thousands of people are at continued risk of violence and persecution. Join USA for UNHCR and add your name to say: Every person has the right to seek safety, whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.
As the number of people forced to flee is growing by the day, it’s crucial that we as Americans and global citizens welcome people seeking safety from conflict. Let's build a movement of solidarity for refugees and asylum seekers across the globe, including those approaching the U.S. southern border. Every day that Title 42 remains in place, thousands of people are at continued risk of violence and persecution. Join USA for UNHCR and add your name to say: Every person has the right to seek safety, whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.
As the number of people forced to flee is growing by the day, it’s crucial that we as Americans and global citizens welcome people seeking safety from conflict. Let's build a movement of solidarity for refugees and asylum seekers across the globe, including those approaching the U.S. southern border. Every day that Title 42 remains in place, thousands of people are at continued risk of violence and persecution. Join USA for UNHCR and add your name to say: Every person has the right to seek safety, whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.
Forced displacement from Central America is straining asylum capacity across the region.
“Before the gangs, there was a moment when everything was good.” Shelter in Mexico gives a father and son from Honduras a chance to recover while waiting on their asylum claim.
All states must manage their borders as they see fit, but these measures should not result in closing avenues to asylum or forcing people to return to situations of danger.
As of today, 227 Yemeni refugees have arrived in Djibouti together with an unknown number of other nationals, but have not asked for asylum.