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Dozens of Rohingya feared dead or missing at sea as Indonesia...

From mid-November to late January, 1,752 refugees, mostly women and children, landed in the Indonesian provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra

Pope Francis addresses migrant crisis in Darien Gap: ‘Every refugee challenges...

The 100-mile-long Darien Gap, located on the border between Panama and Colombia, is one of the world’s most trafficked migratory pathways

Pope Francis urged global responsibility for refugee crisis

He called on communities to be ready and open to welcome, promote, accompany, and integrate those seeking refuge

Rights group decries arrest of Myanmar refugees seeking healthcare in Thailand

In its new investigation, the group revealed cases of “arbitrary arrest extortion of Myanmar refugees” who are seeking medical attention

Q&A: Fortify Rights advocacy specialist on Thailand’s new asylum program

"[Migrants] lack of legal status leaves them vulnerable to abuses at the hands of unscrupulous employers and corrupt officials"

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 109th WORLD DAY...

"The synodal path that we have undertaken as a Church leads us to see in those who are most vulnerable – among whom are many migrants and refugees"

Rights group expresses concern over Thailand’s new asylum program

The National Screening Mechanism, in its current form, “fails to meet international standards for refugee protection”. 

India pushes back hundreds of Myanmar refugees fleeing fighting

More than 1,000 residents of Tamu township, in northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region, fled to India’s Manipur state to escape the hostilities

‘An open wound’: Pope Francis decries thousands of deaths in Mediterranean...

U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that 2,175 men, women, and children are either missing or dead in the Mediterranean Sea as of 2022

Pope Francis urges public to ‘not remain indifferent’ to migrant tragedies

IOM reported more than 1,800 people have been reported dead or missing along the Central Mediterranean route so far in 2023

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