France shouldn’t return Afghans to Taliban rule
13/10/2026: France has confirmed that it has opened a “technical dialogue” with the Taliban authorities regarding forced returns to Afghanistan. The potential shift in policy could put France in contravention of its international human rights obligations, as there is compelling evidence that Taliban forces have detained and tortured people who have been forcibly returned to the country.
Source: Human Rights Watch
The UN Refugee Agency grapples with existential crisis
11/10/2026: In the last year, the Trump administration has launched a campaign to dismantle the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, whilst abolishing the US refugee resettlement program, by far the largest in the world. About 5,000 employees of the UN Refugee Agency have lost their jobs as donor countries have cut their contributions. The future is uncertain.
Source: PassBlue
Global support structure for refugees at risk from loss of funding
29/9/2026: Severe funding cuts are undermining refugee protection in the world’s most demanding displacement situations. Funding of the UN Refugee Agency fell from $5.2 billion to $3.9 billion between 2024 and 2025, with further reduction likely in 2026. The number of people that the Agency is mandated to protect remains at historically high levels.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
Money sent home by migrants nearly doubles in a decade
14/9/2026: Remittances to families in low and middle-income countries totalled $728.6 billion in 2025, an increase of 94% since 2016, according to a new report. This figure for 2025 exceeds foreign direct investment to those countries and is more than four times global official development assistance.
Source: IFAD
Rohingya crisis enters tenth year as funding cuts hit Cox’s Bazar
24/8/2026: Nearly 1.2 million Rohingya refugees are living in Bangladesh, including some 150,000 who have fled renewed violence in Myanmar since early 2024. A decade of international solidarity has saved lives and built critical systems. Now Oxfam is calling on the international community to restore predictable financing for these essential services.
Source: Oxfam International
Refugees in South Sudan face extreme hunger as funds run out
14/8/2026: Food and nutrition assistance for the most vulnerable 240,000 refugees in South Sudan will end in September, cutting off a lifeline for people already living on the edge. Up to 3,000 refugees continue to arrive from Sudan each week.
Source: World Food Programme
75 years on, the Refugee Convention remains a lifeline for millions
24/7/2026: Seventy-five years after the Refugee Convention was opened for signature on 28 July 1951, it remains the foundation of the international refugee protection system and one of the most consequential international legal instruments ever adopted.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
How aid cuts have hit Uganda’s two million refugees
9/7/2026: Known for its progressive refugee policies, Uganda is home to the largest refugee population in Africa. Significant cutbacks in funding from a range of major international agencies is degrading conditions in the country's refugee camps, especially in healthcare.
Source: The Guardian
African states collude with US to endanger refugees
3/7/2026: The Trump administration has sent over 200 asylum-seekers to at least 10 African states under various third-country transfer agreements – often in exchange for money. Many are then forced to return to their countries of origin, regardless of concern for safety.
Source: African Arguments
Call for EU to review Tunisia agreement on migrants
26/6/2026: Three years after the signing of the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding on migrant workers, a group of human rights organisations has written to the President of the European Union, questioning flaws in its implementation. They point to the authoritarian drift in Tunisia, while failing to ensure that refugee and migrants’ rights are fully respected.
Source: Human Rights Watch