“It was a progressive treaty that expanded on the definition of refugee among other advances, and it remains relevant half-a-century later,” said Cosmas Chanda, UNHCR’s representative to the African ...

American leaders of all political stripes lament the nation’s broken asylum system, but they also fall lockstep into short-sighted, reactive fixes that don’t solve the underlying problem: an outdated ...

CARTAGENA, Colombia, Nov 11 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency and countries in Latin America are gearing up to mark the 20th anniversary of a landmark document that broadened the refugee definition used ...

Global refugee crises often spark varying levels of public sympathy, with some displaced groups receiving warmer welcomes ...