refugees

First Afrikaners arrive in U.S. under radically redrawn refugee program

2:29pm May 12, 2025

The refugees were admitted to the U.S. after an executive order from President Trump, and under an expedited and unconventional process for the U.S. refugee resettlement program.

White South African Afrikaner refugees arrive in U.S. on a government-chartered plane

6:39am May 12, 2025

The first group of white Afrikaner South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in U.S. as most other refugee admissions still suspended.

Politics & Government

Federal cuts jeopardize support for 300 Greensboro refugees

2:06pm March 12, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

Trump administration cuts have forced a Greensboro refugee resettlement nonprofit to furlough staff and find new funding to support their clients.

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Health & Safety

Forsyth County gives update on refugee health program

6:03pm February 07, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

A refugee program run by the Forsyth County Department of Health and Human Services thought to be on pause is in fact still operating.

He's 14. He loves soccer. He's the sole caregiver for his little twin brothers

8:44am November 15, 2024

Mahamat Djouma is one of the millions displaced by the civil war in Sudan. He is part of an especially vulnerable group — unaccompanied minors. Here is his story.

Politics & Government

Greensboro's refugee community worried about upcoming election

11:25am November 05, 2024

by WUNC, Naomi P. Brown

The recent language against immigrants and refugees who come to the U.S. has left a number of people worried about their future after Election Day.

Migrants cross the English Channel in small boats

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Immigration is a big issue ahead of the U.K. elections, too

1:38pm June 15, 2024

by Willem Marx

Brexit was supposed to give Britain a handle on its borders, according to its boosters. But as the U.K. government still struggles with migration across the English Channel, migrants remain a high concern for many voters.

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Nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, UNHCR report says

4:41pm June 13, 2024

by Willem Marx

The U.N. office on refugees found that by the end of last year, 1 in 69 people had been forced from their homes -- either within their own country or across an international border.

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in London on Monday regarding a treaty between Britain and Rwanda to transfer asylum-seekers to the African country.

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U.K. Parliament approves a plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

10:46pm April 22, 2024

by Fatima Al-Kassab

The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.

Muhammad Zaman, author of the book We Wait for a Miracle, in his lab at Boston University.

Q&A: Author Muhammad Zaman on why health care is an impossible dream for 'unpersons'

10:12am January 15, 2024

In his new book, We Wait for a Miracle, Zaman tells how about the struggle for health care by forcibly displaced people — refugees, the internally displaced, the stateless.