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President Trump spoke with reporters after signing legislation to combat human trafficking. Justice and Homeland Security officials, members of Congress, and others joined him for the signing in the…

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, hosted a briefing on child protection programs. Among the speakers were representatives from…

A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee held a hearing to examine international child abduction. Subcommittee members heard from three parents who shared their personal stories of how their…

Historians Carl Bon Tempo and Maria Cristina Garcia outlined the evolution of refugee policy from the immediate post-war period through the Refugee Act of 1980, which amended several laws…

State Department and USAID officials testified on the human rights situation in China. They voiced their concerns about the detention of ethnic and religious minority groups, the treatment…

This 1946 Academy Award-winning short U.S. Army film depicts the crisis of millions of refugees and orphans at the end of World War II. Showing many graphic scenes of traumatized, hungry,…

The Heritage Foundation hosted a discussion on human rights in North Korea and how the topic should be addressed in nuclear disarmament negotiations. Panelists cited ongoing violations in…

Migration Policy Institute’s Sarah Pierce discusses the criteria for and process of seeking asylum in the U.S.

Economic and migration experts talked about the economic impact of refugees and other migrants. William Kerr, a Harvard Business School professor, also discussed findings in a book he wrote on…

Former leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Child Protection Review Board discussed current investigations into possible sexual abuse and what reforms they recommend.

The Hudson Institute hosted a discussion on U.S. policy in Syria. Panelists include the representative for the Syrian Opposition Coalition to the United Nations and the former policy…

The Niskanen Center hosted an event in Washington, DC on refugee resettlement in the United States. The first panel focused on the history of accepting refugees and the foreign policy…

International Refugee Assistance Project’s Adam Bates talked about the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the number of refugees who can come to the U.S.

The assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, foreign policy experts, and Ethiopian community leaders testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on recent developments in…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. plans on resettling up to 30,000 refugees and processing more than 280,000 asylum seekers for fiscal year 2019. He said the United States is the…

Historian Edith Sheffer recounted how Austrian doctor Hans Asperger, whose work led to a better understanding of autism, was complicit in the deaths of children by the Third Reich.

Rebecca Erbelding of the Holocaust Museum provided a history of the War Refugee Board, created in 1944 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the objective of assisting Jewish refugees.

At an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation, Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., explained the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council.…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ivanka Trump, daughter of and assistant to President Trump, released the 2018 Trafficking in Persons report in a press conference at State Department…

Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence visited a church and shelter in Brazil and spoke to a group of Venezuelan migrant children and families. He pledged U.S. support to the Venezuelans…