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Reform UK's Worst Nightmare? Somali-Born Refugee Tipped to Take Starmer's Old Seat

Sagal Abdi-Wali, a Somali-born Camden resident, is the leading Labour candidate for Keir Starmer's former MP seat in Holborn and St Pancras, sparking debate on representation and diversity.

International Business Times UK

Trump spends billions to deport Black and brown people. But he wants to double cash aid for white ‘refugees’

‘Where the wealthiest country in the world allocates money has always been a question of political will over political way’

The Guardian - US

Iranian woman sentenced to death for filming burning store during January protests

An Iranian woman has been sentenced to death by hanging after she was accused of involvement in the arson of a grocery store she had photographed during anti-government protests in January.

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'Dearth' in programs helping violent migrant men change

A scarcity in family violence perpetrator programs tailored to migrant and refugee men is putting women at risk while underfunded services pick up the slack.

AAP

‘Now is a good time for players to speak up’: Lucy Bronze on Fifa and helping refugees

Lucy Bronze tells Suzanne Wrack about spending time with refugees in Colombia this summer and why it is time footballers spoke up on issues

The Guardian - UK

In 2016, A refugee engineer filled discarded bottles with sand to build his grandmother a safer desert home; the experiment expanded into 25 houses

An innovative engineer utilized sand-filled plastic bottles to build homes for Sahrawi refugees, addressing both extreme temperatures and heavy rainfall challenges. Backed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, this sustainable initiative began with a pilot project that ultimately transformed into a larger-scale community construction effort, providing much-needed shelter…

The Times of India

Nobel-winning chemist born to Palestinian refugees grew up with 9 siblings in one room without running water or electricity; after moving to the US in 1980, he developed technology to harvest water from dry desert air without electricity

Omar M. Yaghi, a distinguished Nobel laureate, grew up in Jordan, where he faced the harsh reality of water scarcity. This early challenge inspired him to invent metal-organic frameworks, known as MOFs. These remarkable structures efficiently extract water vapor from the atmosphere and are also poised to revolutionize carbon capture…

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In this hour of need, contemplating a cut to Australia’s refugee intake is cruel populism

Confusion and politics aside, Australia can’t pretend to be removed from the world – and the millions of people in need of sanctuary

The Guardian - AU

'Not a strong argument' to lower refugee intake numbers

Federal ministers have defended the prime minister's decision to keep Australia's annual refugee intake on hold amid a migration overhaul.

AAP

Malaysia to repatriate first group of Myanmar nationals in September, government says

Malaysia hosts more than 215,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered with the UN refugee agency, including more than 126,000 Rohingya from Myanmar, its largest refugee community.

Euronews

Afternoon Update: Children among Australians missing in Nepal floods; Labor to slash refugee intake; and cyborg cockroaches

At least 165 people have died with hundreds more missing after flood waters surged through valley on both sides of the Nepal-Tibet border

The Guardian - AU

Albanese vows refugee intake won’t be slashed, shutting down plans of Coalition-level cut

Prime minister intervenes amid anger at news Tony Burke was planning to cut intake of 20,000 arrivals by a third

The Guardian - AU

Japan to cut visa fees for some foreigners facing financial hardship

Japan will offer reduced residence-related fees to some foreign nationals facing severe financial hardship when higher charges take effect on October 1. However, most asylum seekers may not qualify because eligibility generally requires receiving government assistance, drawing criticism from refugee support groups.

The Economic Times

Rohingya refugees rally in Bangladesh camps to demand safe return to Myanmar

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh held a rally Tuesday to demand safe return to Myanmar

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A women's shelter for refugees in Poland fights for survival as anti-Ukrainian sentiment rises

A Ukrainian migrant in Poland has faced online hate despite her efforts to help others

The Guardian - US

US immigration officers reassigned to screen South African refugees and find ‘unlawful’ voters

Exclusive: internal correspondence reveals USCIS anti-fraud officers shifted on to two ‘high-priority’ initiatives

The National (Scotland)

Why Scotland's clubs lag behind their English rivals at integrating refugee talent

Why are Scotland’s leading football clubs lagging behind their English rivals when it comes to identifying refugee talent?

Times Life

How Phulkari Embroidery Became the Language Punjabi Women Used to Speak Their Lives

The stitch that was never decorativeA woman in a village outside Amritsar would begin a phulkari the way another woman might begin a letter, with something specific to say and no other way to say it. The base cloth was coarse khaddar, undyed, the kind that absorbed sweat and dust…

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Priscilla Chan’s parents fled Vietnam by boat; their daughter became the first in her family to attend college and later pledged millions to scientific research

Priscilla Chan’s journey from the daughter of Vietnamese refugees to a Harvard graduate, paediatrician and major science philanthropist is rooted in a family story shaped by war and migration. Her grandparents put her parents, who were teenagers at the time, on boats to flee Vietnam during the war. Chan grew…

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Meet Angus Johnstone, the Australian teacher who kept a kite in the air for more than 26 hours to raise money for Myanmar

Australian teacher and kite enthusiast Angus Johnstone has turned an unusual hobby into a Guinness World Records achievement and a fundraising campaign for Myanmar. In March 2026, Johnstone kept a kite airborne for 26 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds in Killarney, Victoria, earning the Guinness title for the longest…

The Conversation

Leaving abusive relationships can be harder for migrant women. Here’s what they need to feel safe

Like many women raised in traditional cultures and religious contexts, I was taught that a “good” woman holds the family together. In my culture, women were often glorified for quietly accepting hardship.

Times Life

The Partition Museum in Amritsar Is the One Place in India That Should Stop You Cold

The Wall Does Not Let You Stay a TouristThe Partition Museum sits on Town Hall Chowk in Amritsar, and it does not announce itself the way the Golden Temple does. There is no gold. No single luminous point drawing crowds forward. You walk in, and the first thing you encounter…

The Times of India

'Terrible': UK PM Burnham after Palestinian refugee dies alongside wife, daughter in swimming tragedy

Three members of a family died after getting into difficulty while swimming off the coast of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex, while a young girl remains in critical condition in hospital, police said.

The Independent UK

Father who died with two family members in Shoreham incident was refugee

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Father who died after entering water off Sussex was Palestinian refugee

Hossam Al-Khawas, a woman and teenage girl were pronounced dead.

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