Amid the ongoing war in Sudan, Chad, the country receiving the most refugees in Central Africa, saw slight improvements in its humanitarian situation last year, but as one of the most vulnerable ...

Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University ...

Civil society organisations warn that adopting the First Safe Country Principle could erode refugee protection and disproportionately affect African asylum seekers.

NAIROBI, June 7 (UNHCR) - Refugees in camps in Africa have made "dramatic" strides in changing their behaviour to reduce the risk of contracting and spreading HIV, the virus that causes the deadly ...

CISHEMEYE, Burundi (UNHCR) - Life has come full circle for Benoit Harerimana. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire) to Burundian refugee parents, Benoit now finds himself ...

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

South Africa is set to enter a new era of migration management with the release of a draft white paper on immigration, ...

Shaarawi, of Colby College, for a presentation on Refugees in the Middle East and North Africa: The Politics and Lived ...

Images of rubber dinghies overcrowded with refugees heading for Europe and narratives about mistreatment and exploitation of ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African immigration authorities raided a United States refugee processing center in Johannesburg and seven Kenyans working there illegally were arrested and given deportation ...