An increasing number of refugees are being tortured and raped in Libya, a new study has found.
Statelessness is an affront to human rights and a breach of international law, and countries must be forced to put an end to it
Unsafe in Somalia and unwanted in Kenya, refugees increasingly risk abduction in search of a better life.
Desperate to reach Europe, migrants from Africa are travelling to Egypt to sell body parts to pay for their passage.
Migrants and refugees also face gross discrimination from the communities they settle in
Africa has one of the largest stateless populations in the world, however governments have only recently started to recognise it as a serious problem
Lawyers for Human Rights is litigating on behalf of eight Somalis whose appeal was turned down in what it calls a ruling that does not reflect facts
The 2019 African Union theme is driven by the need for greater commitment to address the plight of its citizens in forced migration situations
In a year, police committed 972 human rights violations, says a group of NGOs, as Al Jazeera documents similar abuse
Schools with the right resources can help to integrate children, support them with their trauma and give them hope for a better future
‘Every Year, Every Day I Am Walking’ has travelled to 25 countries and is back in Cape Town
Immigrants self-identify differently – and they can help their new country become truly nonracial
The count has begun in Mali after an election marred by violence
A UN migration official has accused Algeria of leaving hundreds of African migrants stranded in the desert
‘The truth is that the likes of France continue to benefit from migration while still waging a war on migrants’
Home affairs’ continued intransigence and the private sector’s reluctance to employ legal immigrants are taking a heavy personal toll
Readers write in about Neville Alexander, South Africa’s immigration policies and land reform
In the week that the first Pride parade was held at a refugee camp in Kenya, a commentator assesses the situation for LBGTI asylum-seekers from Uganda
An Associated Press report details witness accounts of migrants and refugees from Africa left to die in the Sahara Desert
Home affairs is blatantly disregarding the rights of refugees and perpetrating a system not unlike that of apartheid
France’s Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday jumped to the aid of his core European partner, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Despite the focus on migrant numbers arriving in Europe and the United States, a full 85% of refugees are living in low- and middle-income countries
For the past six years, Cape-based asylum seekers have travelled at least twice a year to Refugee Reception Offices in Pretoria, Durban and Musina.
South African government says it’s “regrettable” that Australia’s home affairs minister wants to give special treatment to white South African farmers
In an open letter to the president, a reader asks that refugees are given a lending hand
Military superpowers, which now include China, rely on Djibouti’s increasingly fragile stability
"It confirms that France is one of the countries receiving the most asylum claims in Europe."
Israel approved a plan to force asylum seekers to choose between indefinite detention in an Israeli prison, or deportation to a third African country
The November visit comes as unprecedented numbers of Rohingya flee into neighbouring Bangladesh because of increasing communal violence.
Rebels have told ‘Al Jazeera’ that Turkey has indirectly sent a stark warning to any faction that resists the operation.
Despite the refugee camp’s depleting funds, refugees would rather be hungry than live in terror
Thousands of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have fled to Zambia after violent inter-ethnic clashes and fighting between security forces