Except where this Convention contains more favourable provisions a Contracting State shall accord to refugees the same treatment as is ... Article 7 Personal status 1. The personal status of a refugee ...

They become refugees when they cross borders and seek safety in another country. They are displaced when they are forced to flee their homes, but remain within the borders of their native country. The ...

As severe climate events increase, so does the number of climate refugees—people driven from their homes by extreme weather ...

Asylum seekers say they are refugees and have fled their homes as refugees do, but their claim to refugee status is not yet ... The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol help protect ...

Both presidential candidates appeared on Fox News on Oct. 16 -- former President Donald Trump in a town hall with women voters in Georgia and Vice President Kamala Harris in an interview with Bret ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Acceding to the 1951 Refugee Convention will not ... Meanwhile, UNHCR refugee status determination officer ...

This is a different status from being called a “refugee,” a category designated by the justice minister based on the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Signed in 1951, the ...

Thai authorities are continuing to place refugees and asylum seekers at risk of torture by forcibly returning them to China, ...

Under the program, the government scrutinizes each application for refugee status according to the definition of refugees under the convention to determine whether the individual “has a well ...

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is urging the world to save it from an Israeli ban that would have ...

On September 30, 2024, the Biden Administration committed to resettling 125,000 refugees in fiscal year 2025 ... codifying obligations the U.S. agreed to when it ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention ...

An asylum-seeker can only obtain refugee status after passing a vetting ... we are not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention relating to the refugees, they will continue to have few rights ...