Refugees and Migrants
Photo: Standing in front of a row of plastic tents a young boy flashes the V-sign in a refugee camp on the border between Syria and Turkey near the northern city of Azaz on December 5, 2012. ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images
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Regardless of their status in a country, both regular and irregular migrants have human rights, including the right to freedom from slavery and servitude, 
freedom from arbitrary detention, freedom from exploitation and forced labour, the right to freedom of assembly, the right to education for their children, equal access to courts and rights at work.
Amnesty's research shows that both irregular and regular migrants face serious human rights violations.
Watch Video: When you don’t exist: Amnesty International's campaign for the human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe and at its borders.
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What's New
Follow I Welcome Refugees
Tackling the global refugee crisis: From shirking to sharing responsibility (October 4 2016)
World leaders have ‘shirked, not shared’ responsibility on refugee crisis (News Release Sept 13)
Nauru: Australia’s shame and a warning for Europe (Blog Post 25 August 2016)
The Global Compact on Responsibility Sharing for Refugees must include objective criteria to guide implementation (6 July 2016)
Refugees and migrants fleeing sexual violence, abuse and exploitation in Libya (1 July 2016)
Reject dangerous migration response plan, more than 100 NGOs tell EU leaders (27 June 2016)
Turkey: Illegal mass returns of Syrian refugees expose fatal flaws in EU-Turkey deal (News Release 31 March 2016)
Refugee Settlement Changes Lives (31 March 2016)
Refugees Start New Life in Norway through Resettlement (Blog November 2)
Trains to Nowhere: Hungary's Harsh Welcome to Refugees (Blog September 8)
Syria's Refugee Crisis in Numbers (Blog September 8)
Time for Europe to End the Refugee Shame (Blog September 4 2015)
Macedonia: Thousands trapped and at risk of violence as border sealed - 21 August 2015 News Release
SOS Europe: Asylum seekers relocation deal only a small step towards fixing a broken system - 20 July 2015 Media Advisory
Europe’s borderlands: Violations against migrants and refugees in Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary 7 July 2015
Operation Mbata ya Bakolo: mass expulsions of foreign nationals in the Republic of Congo 2 July 2015
Why are the Rohingya fleeting Myanmar? 28 May 2015
The View from Senagal 17 May 2015
Join our call to ask governments to be #OpenToSyria. (4 February 2015)
Hardship, Hope and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria (4 February 2015)
Lebanon: New entry requirements for Syrians likely to block would-be refugees 6 January 2015
Left Out in the Cold: Syrian refugees abandoned by the international community 5 December 2014
Turkey: Struggling to survive: Refugees from Syria in Turkey 20 November 2014
Australia: Handover of Sri Lankan asylum seekers a dangerous precedent 4 July 2014
Kenya: Somalis trapped in "Catch-22" amid crackdown on Refugees 11 April 2014
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon risk their lives for medical treatment 12 March 2014
Refugees Welcome Here Campaign resources
My Door Is Open for Refugees (do it yourself door hanger:download)
My Door Is Open for Refugees Pride Version (door hanger)
Proud to Protect Refugees Placard for public events
Refugees Welcome Here Placard for public events
I Want Canada to be a Leader for Refugees Placard for Public events
My Door is Open Placard
My Door is Open Pride Placard
