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![Ukrainian refugees arrive at the railway station in Przemyśl, Poland, on March 3, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1238900586-400x300.jpg)
1 Million People Have Fled Ukraine in the Past Week, UN Says
“Peace is the only way to halt this tragedy,” said the UN commissioner for refugees.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a rally outside the U.S. Capitol on December 7, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0302-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-400x300.jpg)
AOC Says US Should Treat All Asylum Seekers How We Treat Ukrainian Refugees
The United Nations estimates that around 875,000 Ukrainians have fled the country since Putin invaded.
![U.S. Border Patrol agents arrive to detain a group of Central American asylum seekers near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0207-border-patrol-asylum-seekers-400x300.jpg)
Migrants Have Right to Truth Commission and Reparations for Abuses at US Border
The commission's mandate must include family separation and mass deportations that clearly violated international laws.
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Djokovic Is Obnoxious, But His Story Highlights Cruelty of Australian Detention
Tennis star Novak Djokovic spent a weekend in Australian detention. He got out. Asylum seekers remain imprisoned.
![Refugees queue for food distributed by a local NGO on November 7, 2021, in Calais, France.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2022_0105_refugees--400x300.jpg)
I Worked for a Refugee Support Organization in Calais. Here’s What I Saw.
Uncontrolled policing, fatal sea crossings and the U.K.’s Nationality and Borders Bill all threaten refugees in Europe.
![A migrant man holds a baby at the Rio Grande near the Del Rio Port of Entry in Del Rio, Texas, on September 18, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1223-refugees-400x300.jpg)
A Year in, Biden Hasn’t Fulfilled Promise to Repair Refugee Resettlement Program
Trump left the system in shambles, but Biden let in a record low number of refugees over the last fiscal year.
![Protesters denounce the expulsion of Haitian refugees from Del Rio, Texas, on September 22, 2021, in Miami, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1341907868-scaled-e1633184076113-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Expulsion of Haitian Migrants Is Racist, Illegal — and Trumpian
Biden is continuing former president Donald Trump’s policy of misusing Title 42 in violation of U.S. treaty obligations.
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Afghans Beg to Be Evacuated as House Dems Call on Biden to Raise Refugee Cap
Afghans in Kabul are pleading for help to flee the country after dozens were killed in attacks.
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Advocates Urge Biden to Move Faster to Resettle Afghan Refugees
There is already a backlog of over 17,000 Afghan nationals and 53,000 of their family members awaiting visa approval.
![Refugees line up at night to board a plane](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/08/2021_0821-afghanistan-refugees-400x300.jpg)
A Year’s Worth of Afghanistan War Spending Could Resettle 1.2 Million Refugees
The analysis comes as lawmakers and humanitarian groups implore Biden to open the U.S. to vulnerable Afghans.