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June 25, 2018 Dispatches

Why Families Flee Central America to the United States

Gangs Threaten Children, Parents

A Honduran mother and her 3-year-old daughter wait with fellow asylum seekers on the Mexican side of the Brownsville-Matamoros International Bridge after being denied entry by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., June

June 25, 2018 Commentary

Why Canada Should Take in Snowden-Linked Asylum-Seeker

Two mothers hold their children in their arms as they wait outside the immigration department's building in Hong Kong, China.

June 25, 2018 Commentary

Trump’s Cruel Separation Policy Has Not Ended

A view of inside U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention facility shows children at Rio Grande Valley Centralized Processing Center in Rio Grande City, Texas, U.S., June 17, 2018.

June 22, 2018 Dispatches

Hungary Tries to Stop Asylum Seekers with New Law

Law Could Jail People Who Provide Services, Advice to Migrants

Members of the Hungarian government vote on the 'Stop Soros' package of bills that criminalises some help given to illegal immigrants, at the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, June 20, 2018.

June 20, 2018 Commentary

European People's Party faces moment of truth over Hungary

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban before a photo at the European Union Tallinn Digital Summit in Tallinn, Estonia, September 29, 2017.

June 18, 2018 Dispatches

French Senate Law Commission Fails on Asylum and Immigration Bill

New Bill Could Open Door to Wrongful Asylum Rejections

Migrants queue for a free meal distributed by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) humanitarian agency on a street near Stalingrad metro station in Paris, France, October 28, 2016

June 18, 2018 Statement

Towards an Effective and Principled EU Migration Policy

Recommendations for Reform

A girl holds a placard during a protest held by migrants and refugees to call for the reopening of the borders at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni

June 18, 2018 News Release

EU: Summit Leadership Needed on Migration

Principled Approach Can Safeguard Rights, Secure Borders

June 13, 2018 Dispatches

Protecting Women in Germany from Violence

Tough Responses Needed to All Perpetrators

Messages of mourning, candles and flowers are placed by people for Susanna F., the teenager who was found dead two days ago, in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany, June 8, 2018.

June 11, 2018 Commentary

Italy’s Dangerous Direction on Migration

Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini arrives at the Republic Day military parade in Rome, Italy, June 2, 2018.

June 7, 2018 Commentary

Trump's Brutal Refugee Program Reflects Prejudice Instead of Compassion

May 31, 2018 News Release

Hungary: Bill Makes Aiding Migrants a Crime

Proposed Constitutional Amendment Limits Asylum Access

An anti-immigration poster by Viktor Orban's Fidesz party during Hungary's April 2018 elections, April 8, 2018, Gyongyos, Hungary.

May 24, 2018 Dispatches

Canada Promotes Justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya

New Strategy Seeks to End Impunity for Atrocity Crimes

Refugees are seen at the Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh, near Rakhine state, Myanmar, during a trip by United Nations envoys to the region April 29, 2018. Picture taken on April 29, 2018.

May 23, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: Landslides Threaten Rohingya Shelters

Disaster Looms in Refugee Camps; Safer Ground Needed

A landslide in the Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh on May 18, 2018 washed away a shelter housing 17 Rohingya refugees, all of whom were unharmed.

May 8, 2018 News Release

UN Security Council: Refer Myanmar to ICC

Stand Up for Rohingya Victims of Crimes Against Humanity

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