This effectively meant all work stopped on processing the paperwork of people fleeing to the U.S. because of persecution. One ...

Halting admissions and cutting off aid programs have stranded thousands who risked their lives to support the US against the ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

A Congolese college student now won’t see his mother and father. An Afghan woman’s extended family remains out of reach for ...

The decision to halt the U.S. resettlement program slammed the door shut on more than 100 refugees scheduled to arrive soon ...

The executive order suspended the admission of refugees into the country, “wreaking havoc on the entire immigrant-refugee community.” ...

Despite returning to a damaged home and lack of services, former refugee Ibtihal remains hopeful, but more international support is needed to meet humanitarian needs and ensure Syria’s lasting ...

The fear of deportation follows Afghan refugees like a shadow in Pakistan. ”We can't go back to Afghanistan, and we're being forced out of Pakistan. Where do we go now?“ ...

President Trump’s moves to pause refugee resettlement, freeze foreign aid and suspend funds to promote democracy have added ...

Thousands of Vermonters served in our nation’s longest war, which ended in 2021 with the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan. Five Vermonters gave the last full measure of devotion ...

Many are now left stranded in Albania, Pakistan and Qatar awaiting transfer to the U.S. Others remain in hiding from the Taliban in Afghanistan.

On the morning of Jan. 21, in a dimly lit house in Islamabad, Abdul, a 30-year-old Afghan journalist, opened his laptop to see that President Donald Trump had indefinitely suspended refugee admissions ...