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
Syrian human smuggler has refugee status claim rejected by German court
After being denied status, the man appealed to the Higher Administrative Court, who ruled that the situation in Hasaka, where he is from, posed no personal danger to him.
Now is a unique opportunity for UNRWA to change, Israel should take it - opinion
The problems with UNRWA are not a new revelation: Even before the war, laws were proposed to limit it, and these are proceeding through the legislative channels.
UNRWA is not an aid agency, it is more like an illegal drug dealer: It must be replaced - opinion
Such an agency has no justification to be part of the UN system, nor to be supported by anyone, definitely not by the taxpayers of democracies.
Complex landscape awaits Gazan evacuees in Cairo
Around 100,000 Palestinians were able to evacuate Gaza and go into Egypt. However, Egypt’s notorious bureaucracy and severe economic crisis challenged the recent arrivals.
Canada pledges more visas for Gazans, says it's 'horrified' by Israeli airstrike in Rafah
A spokesperson for Immigration Minister Marc Miller said 448 Gazans had been issued a temporary visa, including 254 under a policy not related to the special visa program.
US demands halt to weapon supplies amid looming crisis in Sudan
Two million Sudanese civilians live in El Fasher, and another 500,000 internally displaced refugees have sought safety in the city.
UK set to consider parliament debate on Palestinian visa program
British committee set to discuss Palestinian visa program after a petition received more than 100,000 signatures.
ISIS has implemented their rule of terror: A report from the Al-Hawl camp in Syria
Little is written today about Sunni Islamist and jihadi organizations in the Middle East, as the contest between Shia Iran with its proxies and Israel is the central strategic process in the region.
Over 70 Rohingya dead or missing after boat capsizes off Indonesia's Aceh
More than 2,300 Rohingya arrived in Indonesia last year, UNHCR data showed, surpassing the number of arrivals in the previous four years combined.
Egypt preparing for Gazan influx and the rising price of leaving the Strip - opinion
All official cross-border travel has ceased, with the exception of foreign nationals and the severely injured, with cross-border movement still largely managed by Hala, which charges large sums.
