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Community refugee sponsorship: how the Home Office can get its new safe-and-legal route right

As part of a package of reforms to the UK’s asylum system, Shabana Mahmood has laid out the details of a new community sponsorship route for refugees to come to the UK.

The Conversation

‘A big chunk of positive energy’: Green Man celebrates 10 years of training refugees

Welsh festival helps asylum seekers gain confidence and skills while settling in to a new life in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Alan Gignoux: Homeland Lost review – a landscape as bereft as its people

Resonant black and white photographs show Palestinian refugees and the sites today of the homes they were forced to leave during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

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Yvette Cooper plays friendly cricket match with exiled Afghan women’s team

Ms Cooper said it was an ‘outrage’ the Afghan women’s refugee team could not play cricket in their homeland because of the Taliban.

Evening Standard

Immigration and asylum bill: why yet another attempt to overhaul the system won’t work

The UK government’s immigration and asylum bill puts forward a number of proposals to overhaul the asylum system. These include changes to how human rights are interpreted, and requiring refugees to pay back some of the support they receive. If passed, it will be the fifth immigration act adopted since…

The Conversation

Danish Refugee Council on importance of coordinated response to Ebola, wider humanitarian crisis

The Danish Refugee Council has warned that the latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is complicating an already strained humanitarian situation. In a recent report, the NGO stressed the response to the health emergency "must not hollow out the aid programming that is holding communities together". Speaking to FRANCE 24,…

France 24

Andy Burnham's Immigration Stance Clashes With Labour as New Asylum Bill Is Branded 'Performative Cruelty'

Labour's proposed Immigration and Asylum Bill faces criticism for its repayment scheme for refugees and changes to the appeals process, sparking debate over the future of the UK's asylum system.

International Business Times UK

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Ukrainian volunteers in Poland support front despite growing war fatigue

A December survey by CBOS, an independent Polish research centre, found that 48% of Poles support accepting Ukrainian refugees, the lowest level since the start of the war.

Euronews

How some in Palestinian diaspora find connection, identity and resilience in traditional embroidery

From refugee camps to stitching circles, many in the Palestinian diaspora around the world are engaging with a traditional form of Palestinian embroidery as far more than a decorative aesthetic

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers to pay £10,000 towards living costs under new UK law

Means-tested scheme included in immigration and asylum bill condemned by charities for placing tax on refugees

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers to be billed £10,000 to cover own support once they start earning money

Home Office plans slammed as ‘performative cruelty’ as campaigners warn new policy will fail to tackle the real issues in asylum system

The Independent UK

UK Government’s new refugee repayment plan branded ‘performative cruelty’

ASYLUM seekers will be made to pay up to £10,000 towards the cost of their accommodation and support once they start earning, Shabana Mahmood has…

The National (Scotland)

Thousands of foreign nationals leave South Africa ahead of June 30 'deadline'

Thousands of people have fled South Africa in recent weeks ahead of a June 30 "deadline" for foreign nationals to leave the country announced by anti-immigrant groups. We spoke to Congolese refugees in KwaZulu-Natal province who were forced to leave their homes and livelihoods after anti-immigrant protests erupted in violence.

France 24

Inside the Tiananmen Square activist’s daring escape to Canada from China by sea

Chinese dissident Dong Guangping has finally reached Canada after a perilous escape from China

The Independent UK

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SCOTUS is done with immigrant rights

The Supreme Court's latest rulings signal that compassionate conservatism is officially dead

International Business Times UK

Labour's Canada-Style Refugee Plan Could Let Community Groups Bring Thousands to Britain

Labour is preparing new asylum sponsorship routes that would let community groups, universities and employers help bring thousands of refugees to Britain under a capped system inspired by Canada.

Radio France Internationale

UK to introduce new legal routes for asylum seekers, refugees

The UK interior ministry has announced it will create new legal routes for asylum seekers, including allowing community organisations to sponsor refugees based on a similar system in Canada.

The Times of India

UK to open Canada-inspired legal asylum routes; Shabana Mahmood says move will protect ‘genuine refugees’

The UK government is set to introduce a sweeping immigration and asylum bill next week that will open new Canada-inspired legal routes for refugees while tightening rules governing human rights and modern slavery claims.

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The Guardian - UK

Mahmood outlines safe immigration routes plan to win over Labour left

Home secretary speeds up major part of bill governing asylum and refugees as new prime minister set to take over

The Guardian - UK

Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs

Exclusive: Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child says Andy Burnham has chance to ‘correct mistakes’ on refugees

USAFacts

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) definition

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) grants short-term legal status to eligible people from countries facing unsafe conditions that prevent a safe return home.

The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood’s immigration and asylum bill to go before MPs next week

Refugee charities fear controversial changes, including on forced removals and age checks, are being rushed through

The Independent UK

White South Africans given conservative PragerU books on reverse racism and American flags when they arrive in US

Welcome kits could include books suggesting post-apartheid government ‘made race relations even worse’

International Business Times UK

One Afghan Sister Got Five Years, the Other Just 30 Months: The Human Cost of Labour's New Refugee Rules

One sister received five years' leave to remain, while the other was granted just 30 months under Labour's new asylum rules.

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood’s cuts to refugee protection in UK to face legal challenge

Exclusive: Refugee status in the UK is now temporary with the right to asylum under review every 30 months

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