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Some 600,000 Sudanese are seeking safety in Chad, but host communities are blaming them for using up scarce resources.

More than 120 million people have been forcibly displaced by war, violence and persecution – a number the UN's refugee agency describes as a "terrible indictment on the state of the world". More than 6.5 million people have been displaced in Ukraine alone, the UNHCR reported on Thursday, World Refugee…

The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he understands that the Biden administration enacted new restrictions on asylum-seekers entering the United States, but cautioned that some aspects of the executive order may violate refugee protection required under international law

The displacement of people around the world has once again smashed records, the United Nations refugee agency warned, reporting that 120 million people have been forced from their homes by war, violence and persecution.

The number stood at 117.3 million at the end of 2023 – with the UN’s refugee agency saying it could reach 120 million in the near future

UN lawyers say British refugee deportation plan could see Rwanda send them elsewhere, exposing them to further dangers.

Sharp rise, equivalent to population of London, means nearly 120 million have been driven from their homes

My life is split in two: half as a stateless Somali refugee and half a British citizen. But Kakuma is crucial to everything that came after it. It is the foundation of who I am

People from villages and towns around the region have been forced from their homes by fierce fighting, reports Tom Watling