Man who fatally stabbed 16-year-old refugee in the neck says he was ‘aiming for his cheek’ Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, died after being stabbed by Alfie Franco, 20 on April 3 The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025
Cash-strapped UNHCR Shed 5,000 Jobs This Year The United Nations refugee agency has shed nearly 5,000 jobs this year following swingeing cuts in international aid, its chief said Monday, decrying the "disastrous" political choices behind the crisis. International Business Times · Oct 6, 2025
UN refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law The head of the U.N. refugee agency has suggested that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025
There are plenty of ways to humanely control British borders. So why isn’t Keir Starmer using them? Labour’s incoherent asylum policies are vilifying refugees. A better and more compassionate route is possible, says the Refugee Council’s Enver Solomon The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2025
A decade after the refugee crisis that shook Europe, a Syrian family becomes German A decade after 1 million migrants arrived in Germany from war-torn countries like Syria, Iran and Afghanistan, the country has changed The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025
A Man Just F*ing Stabbed Her for No Reason!': Shocking 911 Calls Reveal Moments After Iryna Zarutska Attack Newly released 911 calls capture the desperate moments after Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte light rail train, as passengers pleaded for help and tried to save her life. International Business Times UK · Oct 2, 2025
‘I think she’s dead’: Frantic 911 calls moments after Ukraine refugee’s fatal stabbing released ‘The guy that did it standing over there’, a caller says after Iryna Zarutska was stabbed on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025
How the arts strengthen newcomer settlement in Canada Settling in a new country is often imagined as a sequential process, built on a supposed hierarchy of needs. You accomplish one priority, then another, and another and then you’re integrated into the country and economy. The Conversation · Oct 2, 2025
At least 29 Americans have sought asylum in Australia since second Trump presidency began Applications from US citizens make up less than 1% of monthly applications but have risen steadily since Trump’s inauguration The Guardian - AU · Oct 1, 2025
Starmer: No ‘golden ticket’ to UK as refugees will have to earn right to stay New applications to the existing refugee family reunion route have been suspended since September. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
Labour strip refugees of family reunion rights in 'abhorrent' new policy REFUGEES will be stripped of their automatic right to bring over family members under harsh new immigration rules unveiled by Labour The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2025
Starmer to discuss plans for refugees to ‘earn’ right to settle at EPC summit The Government suspended new applications to the existing refugee family reunion route in September. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
UK pledges £27m in new aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh Foreign secretary says aid will deliver food, shelter, clean water, and healthcare to people displaced by conflict in Myanmar The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025
Rohingya Tell UN Of Myanmar Bloodshed, Suffering A Rohingya refugee who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar along with 750,000 others in 2017, spending seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile facing the mostly Muslim minority. International Business Times · Sep 30, 2025
International Business Times UK · Sep 30, 2025 Cruise Ship Caribbean Rescue: Who Were the Passengers Saved by Royal Caribbean in Dramatic Mission? Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas rescues 14 refugees from an overcrowded raft in the Caribbean before handing them to local authorities.
The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2025 US House members hear pleas for tougher justice policies after stabbing death of refugee U.S. House members have met in North Carolina's largest city to hear from families of violent-crime victims
The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2025 Ice’s deportations of south-east Asian refugees creating ‘ripple effect’ of trauma: ‘I didn’t get to say bye to my husband’ Administration’s targeting of group settled in the US after fleeing war in Vietnam creating further displacement
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2025 Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS
The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2025 ‘My kids are too scared to go outside’: Kurdish migrants face hostility as Japan wrestles with demographic crisis Antagonism toward migrant communities visible in the UK, Europe and the US appears to be spreading to Japan
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2025 Shabana Mahmood: ‘We will deport immigrants unless they earn their right to be British’ It comes a day after Keir Starmer branded Nigel Farage’s plans to abolish indefinite leave to remain ‘racist’
The National (Scotland) · Sep 28, 2025 'Shelve the gimmicks': Home Office urged to act on Labour Together's asylum plans CHARITIES, opposition parties, and people who have lived through the Home Office system have urged the UK Government to act on proposals from an…
The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025 GOP calls for judge who released Iryna Zarutska’s alleged killer to be removed from the bench Decarlos Brown Jr. – charged with murder of Ukrainian refugee – had been released from custody earlier this year
The Guardian - US · Sep 23, 2025 A US haven for refugees was divided over Trump – now immigration crackdown has left a ‘community breaking’ Pennsylvania hosts one of the largest clusters of Bhutanese refugees in the US. Families are unsettled as Trump’s policies divide their community
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025 ‘A broken system full of criminality and death’: the podcast lifting the lid on what happens to the UK’s rubbish Turkey’s recycling centres treat vast amounts of the UK’s waste – and rely on refugees who work in conditions so unsafe that hundreds have died. A new podcast uncovers the sinister side of what happens when Brits throw things away
International Business Times · Sep 23, 2025 Hopes Of Western Refuge Sink For Afghans In Pakistan In their Pakistan safehouse, Shayma and her family try to keep their voices low so their neighbours don't overhear their Afghan mother tongue.