The new guidelines assert that countries must allow people fleeing Somalia to seek safety, and that their refugee claims be assessed according to international law. People found to be fleeing violence, human rights abuses and persecution would need to meet the criteria for refugee status under the 1951 Refugee Convention, or meet local guidelines or those of the UNHCR's broader mandate.
There is growing concern that Germany will soon be unable to accommodate the increasing number of refugees and asylum seekers. Childcare centers and schools, as well as health care, are also increasingly coming under strain.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at an event in Italy said that "restrictive legislation, barbed wire, naval blockades, and pushbacks" are "racism". He stressed the legal and moral duty to welcome refugees and warned of a certain form of "false nationalism".
Bangladesh has taken in over a million Rohingya after they were forced out of Myanmar. Now, the Bangladeshi government is pressuring the EU to help repatriate them.
Many humanitarian operators working for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR have first-hand experience of being forced to flee their homes. One example is Mohamed, who fled from Mali to Mauritania and today works as a communications assistant for UNHCR in his country. Oleksandra, who was forced to flee twice, also currently works at UNHCR -- in Dnipro, Ukraine.
One year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, activists in Europe urge the world not to forget Afghan women still fighting for justice and equality in their homeland.
A further 2,000 refugees from Ukraine are to be accepted in the German state of Saarland, however the ongoing housing crisis is making it harder for the local government to find suitable accommodation.
The outbreak of the war in Ukraine was met with an outpouring of humanitarian support from volunteers across Germany. How strong is the solidarity with the refugees after almost six months of war?
Tunisian coast guards returned more than 250 migrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the North African country's National Guard said on Sunday.
A transit center for Ukrainian refugees in Brussels has hit a record number of residents. Many residents have remained there for several weeks, amid a worsening housing crisis in the Belgian capital.
Some of the information for asylum seekers and refugees in the UK is not always available in the languages an asylum seeker might understand. On top of that, they are expected to know the meaning of a lot of abbreviations and acronyms. Here are a few of the most important terms to know.
The Tate gallery in Liverpool, UK has just opened an exhibition of a 2016 video installation by the artist Candice Breitz. In it, she looks at the global nature of refugee’s stories, and asks: In our media-saturated world, are we more likely to listen to a Hollywood actor recounting a refugee story, or the unknown refugee themselves?