After living for years in a refugee camp in Kenya, on the run from the regime in Ethiopia, Peter Tig made his way to Canada to start over. “I had been kicked out of my country because I was bein ...

People in refugee camps in Syria, Greece and Bangladesh face a heightened risk of COVID-19 due to more densely populated conditions than even the Diamond Princess—the cruise ship where transmission of ...

Canada said it granted refugee status to two Japanese women last September due to widespread discrimination they faced in Japan as lesbians and members of the weaker sex. Ottawa also cited the ...

Whenever I hear the Arabic word mukhayyam, or camp, my mind leaps to Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza. I was born in Al-Shati refugee camp, a few miles away, but Jabalia was where my ...

Syrian refugees are seen at Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, Jan. 18, 2025. Zaatari refugee camp, which is located in north of Jordan, was officially put into use in 2012. (Photo by Mohammad Abu ...

“The camp is congested, no space for us to build our houses in the areas that were formly inhabited by South Sudanese refugees. The new areas given to us by UN are not safe.