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The ruling by Justice Frank Seepersad on Tuesday, which clears the way for refugees and asylum-seekers in this country to be deported, if they contravene Immigration laws, highlights the urgent need for legislative reform to protect this vulnerable group of people.

Download logo The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on Bahrain, Costa Rica, Georgia, Hungary, Mauritania, Norway, Slovenia and Tunisia, the States parties that it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination […]

An ID marked “asylum seeker” conveys legal immigration status, it doesn’t guarantee this population an adequate and decent integration into society

The UN behaves as if all the asylum claims are not only justified but are made by people who have recently crossed the border, driven by political persecution in Nicaragua.

Representative Frank Burns says he has discovered emails that contradict the public message that Vision Together 2025 had about resettling Afghan Refugees in Jo

UNHCR Donates To Refugee Unit Of The Ghana Immigration Service The Comptroller-General of Immigration Mr. Kwame AsuahTakyi(2nd from right), Country Representative for UNHCR, Ms. Esther Kiragu (2nd from left), Senior Durable Solutions Officer, Andrews Ginsberg (far left) and Association Protection Officer, David Oppong (far right) The Refugee Unit of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) last Wednesday received office equipment including computers and accessories from the United Nations High Commi...

UNHCR A file photo from 2019 of Nicaraguan and Costa Rican schoolgirls in a group hug during recess at a school in Upala, Costa Rica. © UNHCR/Flavia Sanchez UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on the international community not to turn a blind eye to the plight of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum-seekers, as the pandemic exacerbates their vulnerabilities and needs. More than 108,000 Nicaraguans have been forced to flee their country since 2018, with two thirds of them seeking refuge in Co...

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