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A migrant looks through a fence as others wait in a line to be registered inside a refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia, outside Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.
Refugees
Cyprus takes a hard line against immigration, trapping migrants in limbo
Napier barracks
Migration
‘It’s un-British’: UK government crackdown on asylum courts controversy 
White tents of campsite against a blue sky
In Greece, thousands of asylum-seekers are waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine
n this Aug. 30, 2019, photo, migrants, most who were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, receive bottles of water given by volunteers in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico.
Why Biden’s day one promise to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ program may go unfilled
With Canadian and Haitian flags hoisted, marchers take part in demonstration in support of asylum-seekers working in Quebec's long-term care homes in Montreal, Canada, in June.
Immigration
Canada is granting residency to some asylum-seekers working in pandemic health care
Two men are shown wearing protective medical gear and carrying various supplies while walking outside of Holtel Filtro.
Immigration
In Ciudad Juárez, a new ‘filter hotel’ offers migrants a safe space to quarantine
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents look at women and children
Immigration
Trump proposes harsh asylum rules disqualifying many applicants
Several rows of dome tents are show under a large canopy with asylum seekers shown sitting outside their tents.
Top of The World
Trump administration proposes more hurdles for asylum-seekers; Amazon halts police use of facial recognition technology
An aerial view of a detention center
Refugees
Australia detained this family on a remote island — alone
Migrants, mainly from Cuba, block the Paso del Norte border crossing bridge after a US appeals court blocked the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, which sent asylum-seekers back to Mexico to await the outcome of their case, in Ciudad Juarez.
Immigration
Lawyers struggle to remotely represent asylum-seekers in ‘Remain in Mexico’ program
Four young people walk on an island with puddles
Refugees
UN asylum case opens the door to protections for climate refugees
Sandra Morales speaks at Dec. 19 action in front of Member of Parliament Bardish Chagger’s office.
What happens to the American children of asylum-seekers in Canada?
A 9-year-old migrant girl from Guatemala sits in the back of a US Border Patrol vehicle after she was apprehended for crossing the border from Mexico in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on June 14, 2018.
10 US immigration issues to watch in 2020
A group of children sit in on carpet inside room surrounded by blue tarp
Education
This school at a refugee camp in Lesbos is a safe haven for children 
Two men pose together after one was released from ICE detention.
Refugees
How the US immigration system nearly tore this LGBTQ couple apart
A man wears a blue shirt and glasses in an office
Refugees
Greece’s new asylum law ‘poses continuous traps’ for refugees
A member of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) talks with Venezuelans as they queue in line to receive a vaccine after showing their passports or identity cards at the Pacaraima border control, Roraima state, Brazil, on Aug. 8, 2018.
US leads global ‘race to the bottom’ in shutting door on refugees and asylum-seekers
A woman wearing a black top poses for a photo.
This new book confronts ‘good immigrant’ stereotypes, rethinks gratitude
A woman drags a suitcase in the foreground. In the background, a police officer and three men dragging suitcases.
Migration
As asylum-seekers trek north, Canada examines border loophole
a man holds up his right hand in front of a wall of fingerpaint-hands
Migration
Guatemala’s shortcomings raise doubts about US migration deal
an asylum-seeker in Italy sits at the bottom of some stairs in Genoa
Refugees
After budget cuts, asylum-seekers in Italy forced out of cities
US Representative Ilhan Omar addresses a small rally on immigration rights at the temporary installation of a replica of the Statue of Liberty at Union Station in Washington, US May 16, 2019.
Refugees
Rep. Ilhan Omar: US refugee restrictions are ‘inhumane, un-American’
A girl and a woman carry bags and have their back turned to the camera on a city street
Immigration
Why it’s harder to win asylum, even in New York
A man is silhouetted against a fence topped with razor wire. People have clothespinned clothing on the fence to dry.
Borders
‘Remain in Mexico’ policy charges ahead as legal challenges stumble
asylum-seekers head to the US
Immigration
Central American women fleeing violence experience more trauma after seeking asylum
US border patrol apprehending migrants
Immigration
As judge halts US ‘remain in Mexico’ policy, returned migrants wonder what’s next
A group of migrants cross a shallow river and met with border agents in green uniforms.
Immigration
Some Salvadoran migrants look to other nations for refuge as US tightens border
A large face made out of a razor wire blocks a man holding a suitcase in this illustration.
Orbán's Enemies
In Orbán’s Hungary, refugees are unwelcome — so are those who try to help
Some people sit on top of a border barrier while a crowd gathers on the ground.
Immigration
Law students head to southern US border to help asylum-seekers
Alex Bukasa, a Congolese asylum-seeker and former journalist, poses in front of the White House.
Immigration
Last in, first out: Policy change moves longtime US asylum-seekers to back of the line
An pen and ink illustration shows a chaotic scene of women holding children in a crowded area
Immigration
Illustrator’s sketches from a border bus station show a ‘miserable, degrading and demeaning’ experience
A migrant from Honduras stands in front of the border wall with the sun shining behind him
Immigration
After two boys’ murders, migrants and advocates fear new ‘remain in Mexico’ policy
Men and women sit along a bridge
Immigration
Judge rejects Trump limits on asylum for domestic abuse victims
A man holds a phone with a picture of his granddaughter.
Immigration
US officials reject blame for migrant girl’s death. Advocates point to Trump’s asylum policies.
migrants reach through a fence with pieces of food
Immigration
Waiting for asylum, migrants in limbo grow desperate
man hugging woman pastor in front of tall altar
Immigration
They took sanctuary in a Connecticut church — but did not hide from immigration officers
US soldiers install a razor wire fence along US-Mexico border.
Immigration
Migrants face even tighter asylum restrictions with Trump’s new order
an abandoned school in sweden
Politics
Immigration and welfare fears merge as Sweden lurches to the right
A man and a child peer out a window of a building. Next to them is a road sign that says "road closed"
Immigration
Refugees asking for asylum in Canada argue the US is no longer safe
asylum-seekers sing in a church choir
Religion
How a small church in Massachusetts became a destination for LGBTQ asylum-seekers from all over the world
Newly arriving Jewish refugee from the Nazi Holocaust wave from the ship "S.S. Awarea" as it pulls into Haifa port on April 6, 1948.
Immigration
Deporting asylum-seekers without giving them a chance to make their case would violate US and international laws
A woman dresses a girl at a shelter, surrounded by luggage and clothes
Immigration
Immigration judges say Sessions’ decision makes it harder for people facing ‘life and death’ to win asylum in US
Young girl walking on lawn, holding teddy bears
Immigration
For this mother and daughter, separated a year ago at the southern border, Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy isn’t new
Agent in uniform stands on bridge looking over green river
Immigration
This is what the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on the border means for people fleeing violence
Three members of a caravan of migrants from Central America embrace and pray near the San Ysidro checkpoint after the first fellow migrants entered U.S. territory to seek asylum, at an improvised shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 30, 2018.
How does seeking asylum work at the US border?
Two migrants play checkers with bottle caps in an abandoned warehouse where they live on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Conflict
Trapped by border closings, these young migrants are hiding out in an abandoned warehouse
A Meridiana Airlines plane believed to be flying a group of about 50 rejected asylum seekers leaves from Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport in Germany, Dec. 14, 2016.
Justice
Why German pilots won’t fly Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan
EMILY is a livesafing device being used to safe refugee and migrants found at sea.
Conflict
It’s a buoy, it’s a life raft, it’s Emily — the robotic craft that’s saving refugees off the coast of Greece
Aina from Sri Lanka looks through a window of a playhouse while she and her fellow preschoolers wait for the start of the Saint Lucia pageant.
Culture
Hundreds of miles from danger, these families still aren’t safe