Nov 21, 2022
Record numbers are attempting the treacherous continent-crossing route through the Darién Gap to the United States. Here’s one person’s story. Source: A Cuban asylum seeker’s dangerous odyssey, The New Humanitarian, by Joshua Collins, May 10,...
Nov 17, 2022
The humanitarian, economic, and human rights situation inside Afghanistan continues to deteriorate. Iran estimates that up to 1 million Afghans have arrived in the country since the start of 2021, although deportations have occurred on a large scale. In Pakistan, of...
Nov 16, 2022
Late yesterday, District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington, DC voided the order that has allowed U.S. border officials to use Title 42 to expel migrants. The court found it “arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.”...
Oct 18, 2022
The Biden administration announced on September 27 that the cap on refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 23 would be 125,000—the same as the cap for FY 22. However, in FY 22 only 25,400 refugees were allowed to resettle in the United States, amounting to only 20% of that...
Sep 29, 2022
The Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) intercepted 23,358 asylum seekers crossing into Canada at unofficial entry points during the first eight months of the year. Asylum seekers are forced to cross border...
