migration

In 2025, the U.S. government set the annual ceiling for refugees admitted to the United States at 7,500.

In 2025, the International Organization for Migration estimated that about 82,000 people had fled el-Fasher and surrounding areas as of November 4, 2025.

North Atlantic right whales undertake annual migrations between calving grounds off Florida and Georgia and feeding grounds off New England and Canada.

Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical 'Dilexi te' (2025) places the poor and migrants at the center of the Catholic Church's mission and urges bishops worldwide to champion social justice and defend migrants and vulnerable people.

The encyclical 'Dilexi te' (2025) links Christian faith to social action by stating that no Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem and that migrants are members of the community with intrinsic human dignity.

The encyclical 'Dilexi te' (2025) frames migration as a recurring element in the history of the People of God, citing the flight of Mary and Joseph to Egypt and describing migrants as a living presence of the Lord.

The Freedom Tower in Miami served as a resource center for hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees who fled communism and sought asylum in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.

Geographic proximity and diaspora community ties frequently drive volunteer mobilization and the flow of aid from neighboring regions following natural disasters.