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US News: The Biden administration plans to admit more refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean next year, as the number of migrants arriving at the US sou

As the number of migrants coming to the U.S.’s southern border is climbing, the Biden administration aims to admit more refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean over the next year. The White House Friday released the targets for how many refugees it aims to admit over the next fiscal year starting October 1 and […]

(RNS) — The groups celebrated keeping the ceiling at 125,000 but noted the administration has yet to come close to meeting that ceiling.

Burhan has been tactical, avoiding those who don’t want to legitimise his junta by equating him to his rival Daglo.

The Biden administration is considering raising the number of refugees who could be admitted to the United States next year, according to a source familiar with the discussions, as the program ramps up and is on track to meet higher admissions.

The Biden administration is considering raising the number of refugees who could be admitted to the United States next year, according to a source familiar with the discussions, as the program ramps up and is on track to meet higher admissions.

Sexual violence is rising, civilians are facing widespread deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, and journalists as well as rights activists are being silenced.

Sexual violence is rising, civilians face widespread attacks, and journalists and human rights defenders are being silenced, warn rights groups.

The international community should mobilize to address the disaster unfolding “before our eyes,” Tirana Hassan, executive director of Human Rights Watch, and the leaders of over 50 international human rights and humanitarian organizations said today. Their statement notes that Sudan is “no longer at the precipice of mass atrocities – it has fallen over the edge.”

We, the heads of over 50 human rights and humanitarian organizations are coming together to sound the alarm about Sudan, where a disaster is unfolding before our eyes. With fighting continuing across the country, brutal sexual violence rising, widespread deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians, and journalists and human rights defenders being silenced, the country is no longer at the precipice of mass atrocities – it has fallen over the edge.