Illustration of USA immigration getty Beto Yarce arrived in the US from Mexico in 2003 with only a tourist visa, and spent his first five years in the country undocumented. Despite holding a master’s degree, he found himself taking low-paying jobs due to his documentation status. Today, Yarce is a successful business owner and community […]
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates. On 1 January, Kyiv shut off a pipeline that for decades was used to supply Central Europe with Russian natural gas. Slovakia had been the main entry point […]
Millions of Syrians around the world are celebrating the sudden fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime dictatorship and the end of 13 years of civil war. The war came to a rapid, stunning end earlier this month, after Syrian rebel forces swept through the country and into its capital of Damascus after less than two […]
Eritrean residents in Ethiopia’s capital have reported widespread arrests among their community, sparking fear among refugees and asylum seekers who fled their homes in search of a better life. While not unprecedented, the scale and intensity of the current crackdown in Addis Ababa is significant, with hundreds reportedly detained in recent weeks. The city’s police […]
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians who escaped civil war at home over the past decade have now fled the conflict in Lebanon, seeking safety in their own shattered country.
The United Nation’s Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said it is “deeply concerned” by news that four refugees were returned to Turkey from Kenya. The refugees were repatriated at the request of the Turkish government, Kenya’s foreign ministry says. The statement comes after reports of several people being abducted in the capital city, Nairobi, on Friday. […]
