Nicaragua announced that it is withdrawing from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), accusing the agency of making “biased” statements about Nicaraguans fleeing to other ...

Nearly two years after Nicaragua was plunged into a serious political and social crisis, more than 100,000 people have fled reported persecution and human rights abuses in the country, seeking asylum ...

Exiled Nicaraguans attend a Mass in honor of others exiled from the country, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Roberto Samcam Ruiz took security measures seriously. A retired Nicaraguan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juan Carlos Arce, human rights defender and refugee from Nicaragua, poses for a photo in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, July 24, 2026. ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 5 (UNHCR) - Nicaraguan parliamentarians have unanimously passed legislation to protect refugees, after four years of lobbying and close collaboration between the UN refugee ...

A hurdle to adding the final country to the list of temporary protected status terminations has been eliminated as the Trump ...

GENEVA – Tuesday marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, which was born after the ravages of World War II to help people fleeing war, violence and persecution. Proponents say the ...