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Some Green Card holders and even American citizens are seeking asylum from the U.S. in Canada. Lynn Neary talks with Lorne Waldman, an attorney representing some of them. He's with Jackman Waldman and Associates in Toronto.

As a farmer in Bhutan, Laxmi Narayan Mishre provided food and stability for his family.But when ethnic tensions flared in the small Himalayan country, his…

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service about the daunting task of finding new homes for thousands of Afghan refugees.

The Russian government prepares to force Chechen refugees back to their war-torn homeland. Authorities have already closed down the Aki-Yurt refugee camp in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

The program leases land for the refugees to grow fruits and vegetables from their homeland and sell them in their new community.

We continue our series on New Hampshire immigration by looking at the proposed refugee moratorium in Manchester. The moratorium would temporarily stop the…

Life in a camp for people displaced by civil war illustrates the grim situation in Sudan. Refugees across the border in Chad are afraid to return to their villages in Darfur. Aid groups are preparing for a long stay.

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof recently returned from the Chad-Sudan border, where he observed the situation of Sudanese refugees fleeing Darfur. Kristof speaks with NPR's Renee Montagne.

Previously, athletes who didn't represent a country weren't allowed to compete. The IOC says the all-refugee team will compete under the Olympic flag and be treated like all other teams.

Six men forced from their homes by violence in Sierra Leone have transformed their experience into a musical calling. The Refugee All Stars are now the subject of a feature-length documentary that follows their performances.