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Secretive deal leaves deportees from the US stuck in Equatorial Guinea with 'no more hope'

Accounts are emerging from people deported from the U.S. to the African petrostate of Equatorial Guinea in a multi-million-dollar, third-country deal with the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Political tug of war over Iranian women's soccer team prompts criticism in Australia

The United States and Australia’s political tug of war against Iran over the fates of seven members of the Iranian women’s soccer squad who were torn in between appears to have ended

The Independent UK

‘I want to know why he died’: Afghan father’s death in ICE custody leaves 12-year-old son seeking answers

Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal, a 41-year-old Afghan refugee and father of six, died less than a day after being taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in North Texas.

The Times of India

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Rwanda seeks 100 million pounds from the UK in arbitration over scrapped refugee deal

Rwanda has told a panel of international arbitrators that Britain still owes it 100 million pounds ($115 million) under a controversial refugee resettlement deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped immediately after taking office in 2024

The Independent UK

UK religious leaders urge Mahmood to ‘slow down and rethink’ refugee plans

Cutting period of protection from five years to 30 months is a risk to social cohesion, say bishops, rabbis and imam

The Guardian - UK

5th member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia

The Australian government says a fifth member of the Iranian women’s soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country

The Independent UK

Another 3 members of Iran's women's soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees

Australia's government says another three members of Iran's women’s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland

The Independent UK

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Iranians grapple with whether to flee the country because of the war

Iranians are having to make hard choices about whether to flee for safer locales during the war

The Independent UK

Rabbi vows to defy far-right harassment of Jewish-based refugee support work

Synagogues and groups helping displaced people are coming up against hostility driven by conspiracy theories

The Guardian - UK

The UN is turning refugees into carbon offset workers

Climate change and related disasters are driving millions from their homes. Now, a new UN initiative aims to put these very refugees to work offsetting the emissions of the world’s biggest producers.

The Conversation

Legal refugees now face long detention after DHS reinterprets law on applying for a green card after a year

The Department of Homeland Security issued a policy memo in February 2026 that could lead to the detention of refugees who are legally in the country.

The Conversation

Luisa Zissman drinks cocktails with Carrie Johnson after escaping Dubai: 'I'm in my refugee era'

The former Apprentice contestant caught up with close friends including Johnson as well as Anna Williamson and Lucie Cave in London

Evening Standard

UK aid spending lacks clear priorities and often isn’t value for money, watchdog warns

Aid spent on supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK – up to a fifth of the total budget – diverts funding away from the government’s overseas priorities, according to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact

The Independent UK

Watch: Is Europe ready for Iranian refugees?

While the news cycle obsesses over tactical maps, your reporter is looking at the people. US President Donald Trump has called the Iran war "a short-term excursion" but if he is wrong, Europe could deal with a refugee crisis of a significant magnitude.

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Home secretary says asylum overhaul is rooted in ‘Labour values’ – what are those values?

The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says that her plans to overhaul the asylum system are rooted in “Labour values”. The proposals include removing government support for some asylum seekers and limiting initial refugee status from five years to 30 months.

Reason

Closing the Door to New Americans

The federal government slashed the annual cap of refugee intake to the United States by 94 percent last year.

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood’s new rules will leave refugees in cruel state of uncertainty

Letters: Readers respond to the home secretary’s changes to the asylum system, including the move to make asylum status temporary

Radio France Internationale

Refugees, migrants in Lebanon find rare sanctuary from Israeli strikes in Beirut church

When Israeli strikes began pummelling Beirut’s southern suburbs early on Monday, Sudanese refugee Ridina Muhammad and her family had no choice but to flee home on foot, eventually reaching the only shelter that would accept them: a church.

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Evening Standard

What are the new safe and legal routes to Britain for migrants?

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said there will be new ‘safe and legal’ routes opening for migrants to come to the UK

The Times of India

UK to offer up to £40,000 to failed asylum-seekers to leave country

Britain is piloting a scheme offering up to £40,000 per family to failed asylum-seekers to leave voluntarily. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood stated this aims to save taxpayer money, as hotel accommodation costs are substantial. Families have seven days to decide, or face forced removal. The government is also making refugee…

The Conversation

Shabana Mahmood is wrong: refugee status was never ‘permanent from day one’

The UK’s asylum system is being overhauled. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has laid out a series of reforms that will affect refugees seeking safety in Britain. Mahmood argues that these changes – which include removing financial and housing support for asylum seekers who break the law, and offering incentive…

Euronews

'No signs' of Middle East refugee surge but EU better prepared than 2015, Swedish minister says

Sweden's Minister for Migration Johan Forssell tells Europe Today that the EU "cannot have another refugee crisis", after the bloc's home affairs ministers gathered to discuss the spiralling conflict in the Middle East.

The Independent UK

The Latest: Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem amid criticism over immigration enforcement

President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

The Guardian - UK

What are Shabana Mahmood’s changes to the asylum system?

Some of the home secretary’s major overhauls are already in place such as the 30-month review for refugee protections

The Guardian - UK

Young refugee spent winter on London streets due to ‘secret’ hotel eviction rule

Home Office now must give notice of its discretion to extend 28-day deadline, which it did not do for 19-year-old

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