NICOSIA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Cypriot court sentenced a Syrian refugee boat captain to three years in prison on Friday for negligence leading to the death of a three-year-old girl during a sea ...

“A majority of the boats landed on our shores as the refugees considered Malaysia more sympathetic compared to Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Indonesia. “We learnt that many of them ...

More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Local police chief Nova Suryandaru said a wooden boat carrying 40 men ...

The seizing of Ai Weiwei at Beijing airport by Chinese police on 3 April 2011 must count as the most famous arrest of any artist ever. While the ostensible charge was tax evasion, Ai’s ...

Led by major retrospectives of Ai Weiwei, Wayne Thiebaud, Ruth Asawa, Rashid Johnson and more, these shows illuminate new ways to appreciate top artists, past and present.

Home secretary Yvette Cooper published a Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill repealing most of the measures introduced by the last Tory government to deal with the issue. More than 1,000 ...

A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of Aceh continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political ...

Labour have been accused of “criminalising” refugees after the government launched a fresh crackdown on small boat crossings. Home secretary Yvette Cooper published a Border Security, Asylum and ...

Labour have been accused of “criminalising” refugees after the government launched a fresh crackdown on small boat crossings. Home secretary Yvette Cooper published a Border Security ...