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Thai authorities detain Canada-bound Hong Kong activist

Thai authorities have detained an activist wanted by Hong Kong authorities for national security violations just hours before she was to fly to Canada under a refugee resettlement agreement.

Bangkok Post

Trump has sent all the US refugee agents to just one country

‘Are we being trolled here? Is this like a trolling exercise?’ a former federal employee said

The Independent UK

Less drugs, less care, less food: how aid cuts have hit Uganda’s 2m refugees

Africa’s largest refugee population has seen rations and healthcare slashed as funding levels drop

The Guardian - UK

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Bangladesh relocates refugees after landslide kills at least 5 children

Authorities in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are using loud speakers and a network of volunteers and community leaders to relocate people from risky areas to safety

The Independent UK

Bangladesh: Rohingya camp landslide kills at least eight children, multiple injured

Heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide at a madrassa in a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing eight children and injuring five others, officials said.

The Times of India

Five Indian Cities Where a Food Walk on the Streets Tells You More Than Any Museum

Lucknow: The Tehzeeb Is in the Serving, Not the DishYou don't understand Lucknow by reading about the nawabs. You understand it by watching the man at the tunde kabab counter in Aminabad hand you your parcel with both hands, with a slight incline of the head, as if the transaction…

Times Life

At least 8 Rohingya refugees killed as monsoon rains lash Bangladesh and India

Series of landslides in Cox’s Bazar buried makeshift shelters under mud and debris while people were asleep

The Independent UK

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

When the world shuts its doors to the dispossessed

Today from The Detail: Nations are pulling up the drawbridge to refugees at a time when their needs are more urgent than ever.

Newsroom.co.nz

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

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International Business Times UK

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.

Euronews

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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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The Independent 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 National (Scotland)

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…

France 24

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.

The Independent UK

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

Salon

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.

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