Record numbers of people are displaced by conflict and persecution worldwide, and they continue to face extraordinary ...

All refugees deserve compassion.

Many of those moved into an asylum return centre have held jobs for years and can speak the language ...

Refugee's register their names as they arrive to Stockholm central mosque on October 15, 2015 after many hours bus journey from the southern city of Malmo. Since September, Islamic Relief Sweden ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 12 (UNHCR) - As a Swedish parliamentarian, Hanif Bali is particularly interested in the welfare of unaccompanied refugee children in his adopted homeland. It's an issue that ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 5 August 2008 More than two dozen ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 15, 2007 — -- One of the more unfortunate byproducts of the Iraq War is the massive exodus of refugees. In what may be the biggest refugee crisis since 1948, more than 2 ...

Across Europe, ethnic tensions have been on the rise. And this morning, we're zooming in on one country, Sweden. For decades, it had a virtual open-door policy for asylum-seekers and refugees. But now ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Sweden, which has welcomed far more Iraqi refugees than has the United States or the rest of Europe, said Friday that it is tightening its asylum rules and will forcibly deport ...