Detainees can languish in harsh and bleak conditions for years at a time, with little certainty as to their fate.

"Resettling only 50,000 refugees a year, down from 110,000, does not reflect the need, our compassion, and our capacity as a nation," Bishop Joe S. Vasquez said.

Out of all the refugees who arrived between President Trump’s inauguration and June 30, about half were Christians and 38 percent were Muslims, according to data released Wednesday (July 12).

The nuns give practical help and emotional support to scores of migrants flooding Sicily's shores. The U.N.'s International Organization for Migration said that as of July 3, more than 85,000 migrants landed in Italy this year.

After countless wars, the Palestinian citizens of a tiny strip of land surrounded by Israel find a way to persevere.