Refugees

Over 350,000 Ukrainians have already fled their country this week after Russia invaded the Eastern European country.

Distracting Europe with internal conflict over supporting Ukrainian refugees could take the focus away from Putin as he looks to offset international pressures.

A United Nations representative said that nearly 3 million Ukrainians already needed "food, shelter and lifesaving assistance" prior to Russia's invasion.

More than 100,000 people in Ukraine have already left their homes with thousands escaping into other countries, according to an estimate from the U.N.

The blanks were allegedly fired in order to prevent a crowd crush.

The Defense Dept's National Ground Intelligence Center identified 31 Afghans in the U.S. who are of concern as of September 17, but only three could be located.

Migrants seeking passage north sometimes wait for over a year in Tapachula before their claims are processed. They're now sewing their mouths shut in protest.

A risk of millions of displaced people inside Europe, the likes of which has not been seen since World War II, could present yet one more reason to make sure that a Russian invasion of Ukraine does not happen.

Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are among the nations readying for a potential influx of Ukrainian refugees.

Migrants living at the camp told Newsweek about the struggles they faced back home and shared the dreams they hoped to realize in the United States.

Portland, Maine, is seeing an influx of asylum seekers, with many shelters at capacity and hotels stepping in to help.

The U.S. needs to stand on the side of those who will sustain global stability.

If the State Department and Homeland Security act on the request, individuals from Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala could get new protections.

Thousands of humanitarian parole applications have been filed, but U.S. immigration officials say they can only be used in emergencies, denying hundreds so far.

In 2022, let's make sure that Venezuelans who've been driven from their families and homeland are a priority for President Joe Biden.

Just 37 percent of Haitian migrants who filed asylum claims received refugee status, according to Amnesty International.

As Pope Francis visited Cyprus, a country overwhelmed by asylum-seekers, the Vatican announced they would take in 12 migrants.

Social media users accuse the Texas governor of confusing the country of South Africa with the continent of South America.

A federal judge ruled Omar Abdulsattar Ameen is eligible for deportation to Iraq or Turkey after lying about having contact with anyone from terrorist groups.

The nation's airlines and U.S. citizens work together to donate credit card points to provide flights for Afghan refugees.

The program marks a major shift in U.S. refugee policy and will serve as an addition to typical resettlement processes overseen by national agencies.

Regardless of the status of a petition filed to leave the area, the group will leave the Guatemala border city of Tapachula at 6 a.m.

The report, ordered by President Biden, outlines a range of recommendations for the government to consider to address the climate refugee issue.

The new emerging caravan consists of tens of thousands of Haitian and Central American migrants and is being labeled the "Caravana Madre" or Mother Caravan.

"The admission of up to 125,000 refugees to the U.S. during Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 is justified by humanitarian concerns," President Biden said in a statement.

But the tally does not include the tens of thousands of Afghans brought to the United States when American troops withdrew from Afghanistan.

Just 9 percent of Americans say they are opposed to such measures, according to the survey.

Special Envoy for Haiti Daniel Foote said he did not want to be "associated" with the government's response to Haitian refugees and illegal immigration.

U.S. officials are planning to remove many of the 12,000 migrants grouped around a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, where they crossed from Cuidad Acuña, Mexico.

"The ESL teachers are highly visible targets…many of them having received death threats," said a U.S. academic trying to help them.