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July 16, 2025 Dispatches

Greece's Asylum Suspension Denies Rights, Puts Lives at Risk

EU Action Needed to Safeguard People Seeking Safety

A Portuguese vessel in a Frontex operation in Lesbos, Greece, 2016.

July 14, 2025 News Release

Thailand: Authorities Abuse, Exploit Myanmar Nationals

Introduce Temporary Protection Regime; Recognize Refugee Status

July 10, 2025 Dispatches

US Terminates Protected Status for Afghans

Women and Girls at Risk as Taliban Roll Back Rights

An Afghan woman walks among Taliban soldiers at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 6, 2023.

July 3, 2025 News Release

FIFA Should Press US on Immigration Policies

90 Rights Groups Write Soccer Leaders Over Rights Risks For 2026 World Cup

US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order alongside President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, March 7, 2025.

July 1, 2025 Letter

Letter to FIFA Re. Impact of U.S. Immigration Policies on the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup

June 25, 2025 Report

Bangladesh: Foreign Aid Cuts Affect Rohingya Children’s Education

Support Community-led Schools for Refugee Students

A Rohingya girl walks past shelters in a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 9, 2025.

June 23, 2025 Commentary

The GOP Wants to Turn Asylum into a Pay-to-Play System

June 17, 2025 Commentary

The 'Beautiful Game' at Risk From Ugly US Migration Policies

US President Donald Trump (L), with FIFA President Gianni Infantino (C) and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watch in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 7, 2025.

June 15, 2025 Dispatches

Rohingya Facing Risks Everywhere, at All Times

Military and Armed Group Abuses in Myanmar; Humanitarian Crisis in Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees attend a solidarity event with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the Bangladesh Interim Government, at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 14, 2025.

June 15, 2025 Commentary

Kuwait’s Exit Permit Requirement Puts Migrant Workers at Risk

Dismantle Kafala System Instead of Strengthening Its Abusive Elements

A construction worker washes his hands and face at the end of his working shift in Al Farwaniyah, Kuwait, August 8, 2024.

June 12, 2025 Dispatches

FIFA’s World Cup Ignores a Child Labor Nightmare

On World Day Against Child Labor, Address Rights of Migrant Workers’ Children

Migrant workers at a construction site amid scorching heat

June 11, 2025 News Release

World Cup: A Year Out, Growing Attacks on Rights

Largest-Ever Sporting Event Poses Major Risks for Fans, Workers & Athletes

June 9, 2025 Commentary

Did Labour Just Abandon Its Promise for a Fairer Asylum System?

Labour is Squandering Its Opportunity to Restore Fairness and Rebuild Credibility in the UK Asylum System

Keir Starmer, Labour Party leader, and now Britain’s Prime Minister, during a speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, October 10, 2023.

June 6, 2025 Dispatches

US Travel Ban: New Rhetoric, Same Old Prejudice

Trump Administration’s Ban Sidelines Individuality

Afghani evacuee Israr, 26, shows photos on his phone of himself working in Afghanistan as a translator with military forces at his new apartment in Charlestown, Massachusetts, February 21, 2022.