Under international law, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has a mandate to protect refugees. Every state party to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees is also obliged to guarantee basic economic freedoms and freedom of movement to refugees within their borders. Non-refoulement--the right not to...

There are ways to combat the troubling accountability gap in refugee protection in the developing world.

The past two weeks of turmoil and drama in Sino-American affairs may well be the new normal, not an exception to an otherwise placid bilateral relationship. While Friday brought news of a possible deal allowing dissident Chen Guangcheng to leave China to study in America, that deal is no more certain than the earlier, failed deal, announced just days before

Sen. Brownback (R.-Kans.) delivers introductory remarks at AEI's December 2, 2002, conference on the North Korean refugee crisis.

North Korea--a failed state with a vast army and weapons of mass destruction--is home to an expansive population who face starvation and death. As a result, North Koreans are fleeing their totalitarian state in unprecedented numbers. In 2001, an estimated 300,000 North Koreans left their country to...

Typically regarded as the paragon of humanitarianism, refugee camps are in fact one of the biggest stains on the conscience of the international community.

The two imprisoned American journalists were trying to tell an important story.