New York opens huge tent shelter for migrants bused up from the south

Officials say the spartan facility on an island will offer men sent up from border states a "loving and caring" waystation to plot their next moves.

• Oct 19, 2022

Greece finds dozens of naked migrants at Turkish border

The EU's border agency said it had assisted Greek authorities in providing immediate aid to the migrants, who were mainly from Afghanistan and Syria.

• Oct 17, 2022

U.S. to retain 125,000 cap on refugee admissions for fiscal year 2023

The Biden administration fell far short of accomplishing the same objective in 2022, resettling fewer than 20,000 refugees.

• Sep 9, 2022

Young Yazidi woman rescued after 8 years as an ISIS prisoner

Wafaa Ali Abbas was just 9 years old when ISIS militants stormed her village and sold her into nearly a decade of abuse and captivity.

• Sep 7, 2022

U.S. to discontinue quick humanitarian entry for Afghans

Under Operation Allies Welcome, which will end next month, the U.S. has resettled roughly 86,000 Afghans who escaped Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

• Sep 2, 2022

5 years of misery: "The world seems to have forgotten the Rohingyas"

For the 1 million Rohingya Muslims who fled a campaign of "genocide" in Myanmar, life in the world's biggest refugee camp is getting "worse, not better."

• Aug 25, 2022

Thousands of Afghan evacuees arrive in U.S.

Thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan are now on U.S. soil following one of the largest military airlifts in U.S. history. CBS News national security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the vetting process they face before resettlement, and an update on the death of a 9-month-old child en route to the U.S.

• Sep 2, 2021
• 07:28

U.S. admits 100,000 Ukrainians in 5 months

The Biden administration has fulfilled its pledge to take in 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. But that's just a small fraction of the millions of people forced from their homes since the war began. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya Galvez joined Debra Alfarone and Errol Barnett to discuss.

• Aug 1, 2022
• 04:27

Teen Ukrainian refugee reunited with family

A family torn apart by war is reunited at a Bay Area airport after a global trek and an extended period of detention. Anna Werner has more.

• Jul 18, 2022
• 04:35

Ukrainian teen goes through monthslong ordeal to make it to U.S.

Originally refused a visa, a teenager from Odesa gained entry to the U.S. through the southern border, where he was detained in a shelter: "It was, like, in a jail … but for kids."

• Jul 18, 2022

Afghan official evacuated by U.S. says he and family now "like prisoners"

Some Afghans who helped the U.S. say they've been trapped for months at an isolated U.S. military base with no end in sight.

• Jun 29, 2022

"Rescue us," beg Afghan refugees stuck in "slum life" in a Pakistan park

CBS News meets a family dodging heat, downpours and the Taliban in a makeshift shelter in Islamabad, and blaming the "poorly executed American withdrawal" from Afghanistan.

• Jun 21, 2022

Over 90% of Afghans seeking to enter U.S. on humanitarian grounds rejected

The U.S. last year resettled tens of thousands of Afghans following the Taliban takeover. But it left behind many at-risk Afghans, including family members of U.S. military translators.

• Jun 20, 2022

U.K.'s 1st asylum seeker deportation flight grounded by European court

The U.K. plans to deport asylum seekers who enter the country using "irregular" routes, such as on small boats or in the backs of trucks, to Rwanda.

• Jun 15, 2022

U.K. to start controversial program flying asylum-seekers to Rwanda

One of the U.K.'s most senior religious leaders has called the program, which is still under legal review, an "immoral policy that shames Britain."

• Jun 14, 2022

U.S. launches online portal for sponsoring Ukrainian refugees

U.S. citizens or groups can now file applications to show they can financially support displaced Ukrainians seeking to come to the U.S.

• Apr 25, 2022

Nearly 5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russian invasion

Women and children account for 90% of those who escaped, with men aged 18 to 60 eligible for military call-up and unable to leave.

• Apr 18, 2022

Putin's war on Ukraine drives thousands of Russians to flee their country

An estimated 200,000 people left Russia during the first 10 days of the war, and some now lament their friends back home accepting Putin's narrative.

• Apr 12, 2022

Almost two-thirds of Ukraine's 7.5 million children have been displaced

"In my 31 years as a humanitarian, I have rarely seen so much damage caused in so little time," UNICEF emergency director Manuel Fontaine said.

• Apr 11, 2022

Ukrainian girl taken into U.S. border custody moved to shelter

The vast majority of the unaccompanied children in U.S. care hail from Central America, but officials have recently received a small but growing number of Ukrainian minors.

• Apr 11, 2022

School hires Afghan refugees amid teacher shortage

Amid a teacher shortage, an Atlanta school found help in a surprising place -- a local community of Afghan refugees. Mark Strassmann shares more.

• Apr 7, 2022
• 01:33

Life goes on in Ukraine's capital, but war has turned it upside down

CBS News meet some of the 6 million people who've fled their homes and sought shelter in the relative safety of Kyiv, a thriving capital turned into a fortress city.

• Apr 1, 2022

Ukrainian refugees add to millions displaced around the world

Russia's invasion has spawned the biggest movement of people in Europe in decades. They're just the latest of millions of others who have been displaced by conflict, violence or insecurity.

• Mar 30, 2022
• 13 photos

Orlando Bloom meets with Ukrainian refugees

Orlando Bloom visited refugee centers in Moldova, which shares a border with Ukraine. Bloom's visit is part of his efforts with UNICEF.

• Mar 25, 2022
• 01:28

White House walks back Biden's Putin comment

The White House is walking back President Biden's comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot stay in power." The Kremlin has released a statement saying that Mr. Biden doesn't get to decide who leads the Russian people. Nancy Cordes reports.

• Mar 26, 2022
• 03:49

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