WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. and South African officials reached an agreement during a closed-door meeting in late December to allow the U.S. to continue its controversial effort to bring white ...

South Africa has a new draft white paper on immigration, citizenship and refugees. This, the fourth in three decades, represents a step change from the previous efforts. It is a genuine attempt to ...

The Trump administration granted the group refugee status due to alleged discrimination. South Africa has called the accusations "unfounded." ...

SA’s new First Safe Country principle was drafted late last year by the Department of Home Affairs and it represents a big ...

Scalabrini warns that adopting the First Safe Country Principle could erode refugee protection and disproportionately affect African asylum seekers Home Affairs has published a draft White Paper on ...

Neil Edwards is the volunteer intern for CFR’s Africa Program in Washington, DC. He is a master’s candidate at the School of International Service at American University and is a returned Peace Corps ...

When refugees from Somalia and other African nations began volunteering at a farm west of the Salt Lake City International Airport, they were reclaiming a piece of the lives they left behind. At Utah ...

The Trump administration has announced that it plans to reduce refugee admissions to the United States next year from 45,000 to 30,000. This would be the lowest ceiling for refugee admissions since ...

GENEVA, June 14 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency is this week launching its most ambitious programme of World Refugee Day (WRD) activities ever, with major events organized for Damascus, Shanghai and ...

Nyalan Goldit, 37, stands in the remains of the shelter she once called home. First, conflict forced her to flee her country, and now floods have displaced her from the home where she hoped to find a ...