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‘People Are Being Killed Like Flies’: Denied Asylum in the U.S., Cameroonians Fear Increasing Violence Back Home

Martin fled Cameroon when security forces imprisoned his father and started regularly raiding Anglophone villages. The U.S. government might send him back.

Isabela Dias

Members of the Venezuelan Indigenous group Warao take refuge at the Janokoida United Nations shelter on April 6th, 2019, in Pacaraima, Brazil.

News in Brief

How Much Longer Can Venezuela’s Neighboring Countries Handle the Refugee Crisis?

The number of Venezuelan refugees will reach 5.4 million by the end of 2019, according to projections from the United Nations.

Isabela Dias

Migrants walk after crossing the border between the U.S. and Mexico at the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, on June 27th, 2019. This is an area where asylum seekers frequently turn themselves in after crossing the border.

News in Brief

What Will Happen If Trump Speeds Up the Asylum Process?

Officials say the new plan is built to address backlog issues. But advocates say it will result in fewer people getting asylum.

Jack Herrera

Social Justice

The Definition of ‘Refugee’ Is Out of Date. And It’s Leaving People Behind.

The international idea of who counts as a refugee is over half a century old. But today the lines between "refugee," "migrant," and "illegal border crosser" have all begun to blur.

Jack Herrera

During one of James Pearce's 2016 visits to the Calais Jungle, a refugee member of PC4R recognized him from far away, greeted him warmly, and invited him to share a meal.

News in Brief

World Refugee Day: An Essential Reading List

We've collected highlights from our coverage of displaced people around the world.

Jack Herrera

People cross the low waters of the Táchira River near the Simón Bolívar international bridge between Venezuela and Colombia on March 4th, 2019.

News in Brief

What Would Temporary Protected Status Mean for Venezuelans Who Have Fled to the U.S.?

Because the protection is only a temporary status and doesn't offer a path to citizenship, it puts recipients in a legal gray zone.

Jack Herrera

Migrants wait to have their number on a waiting list called to have an initial interview with an asylum officer on June 5th, 2019, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

News in Brief

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How It Decides Asylum Cases, Advocates Say

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says everything is available online. How did such a major misunderstanding happen?

Francie Diep

Nheb Thai, a Cambodian refugee who was deported from the U.S., carries plates with pizza as he serves a meal to a group of other deportees in Cambodia.

Social Justice

As ICE Deports More Cambodian Refugees, Some Find Hope in Pardons

The Trump administration has deported Cambodian refugees with criminal records at an unprecedented pace. Liberal governors are using pardons to fight back.

Sophie Murguia

Palestinian schoolboys walk past sacks of flour outside an aid distribution center run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in December of 2018.

Social Justice

How Humanitarian Aid Became Politicized

An interview with Peter Mulrean, of the United Nations agency in charge of Palestinian refugees, about what cutting U.S. aid to the program will mean for the world.

Jack Herrera

News in Brief

Empathy Is Too Much Work for Many of Us

New research finds that people avoid connecting emotionally with others out of a fear that it will be too draining.

Tom Jacobs