"One can hardly imagine a human being in a more degraded and brutalised condition than that in which I found this female." These were the damning words of an inspector who visited London's Bethlem ...

An independent inquiry has been launched to look at the treatment of asylum seekers in Scotland during the pandemic. Campaigning organisation Refugees for Justice called for a review in the wake of ...

Researchers have developed a unique way to remove contamination from road salt runoff in Asylum Lake. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Work has begun on a project employing a two-pronged approach to improving the ...

It took a lot for Maura Falcon, an asylum-seeker and mother, to speak up about the mistreatment and concerns that she says she has been experiencing at the makeshift shelter where she has been living ...

GENEVA - UNHCR on Friday welcomed the adoption of a European Union directive on reception conditions for asylum seekers, saying it ensures that most asylum seekers will receive a uniform package of ...

VIENNA, Austria, June 4 (UNHCR) - As more and more teenagers seek refugee status on their own in Central Europe, they are finding that asylum systems which cope well with adults do not always ...

AMBLETEUSE, France — The rising tide crept above their waists, soaking the babies they hugged tight. Around a dozen Kurds refused to leave the cold waters of the English Channel in a futile attempt to ...

The county health departments in Westchester, Monroe, Orange, Dutchess, Erie, Albany, and Schenectady will each receive $500,000 under the state contracts. At least two tuberculosis, or TB, cases ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — A new water purifying system at Asylum Lake will lessen pollution from nearby developments and stormwater runoff, and the efforts are supported by funds from the state’s 2023 budget.