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Child asylum seekers in UK forced to share hotel rooms with adults

Concerns raised over possible misclassification of children as adults as Home Office’s new hotel ‘maximisation’ policy begins

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023

For the first time, Bru refugees to have no participation in Mizoram Assembly polls

For the first time Bru refugees will not participate in elections in Mizoram as they were given permanent settlement in Tripura under a Central government sponsored rehabilitation arrangement that came into effect in January 2020.

The Hindu · Oct 29, 2023

Gaza residents break into U.N. warehouse for supplies as Israeli barrage continues

Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centers of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, grabbing flour and "basic survival items," the organization said on Sunday.

WEKU · Oct 29, 2023

Glasgow presses for Home Office help in looming refugee homelessness crisis

Refugees’ lawyers threaten action as officials argue who will pay to accommodate more than 1,400 people granted leave to remain

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023

AI-generated images add to the confusion in the war between Israel and Hamas

Since the attack carried out on Israel by Hamas on October 7, the internet has been flooded with thousands of images of the conflict and even more rumours. However, many of the videos and photos circulating are actually false. Two of these images recently went viral. The first image supposedly…

France 24 · Oct 26, 2023

Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege review – daily horror of Damascus refugee camp holds warning

This harrowing documentary follows life among starving Palestinians in the Yarmouk camp as Syria’s civil war raged about them

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023

Israeli refugee camps? Atletico Madrid fans holding a giant Palestinian flag? It's all AI

Viral images of an Israeli refugee camp in the Palestinian Territories, or of Atletico Madrid fans holding a giant Palestinian flag at a stadium, have been created using artificial intelligence. However, fiction meets reality as Celtic fans defy club pleas and display real Palestinian flags in their match against Atletico…

France 24 · Oct 25, 2023

British director Ken Loach's final film is a call for greater compassion for refugees

From "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke as a mum-to-be of a baby grown in an artificial womb in "The Pod Generation", to compassionate refugee drama "The Old Oak" from veteran socialist filmmaker Ken Loach, film critic Lisa Nesselson talks to Eve Jackson about the week's film news.

France 24 · Oct 25, 2023

What is UNRWA and how dependent on western funding is its work in Gaza?

The UN agency that provides aid for Palestinian refugees has become embroiled in allegations some staff were involved in the Hamas attacks on Israel

The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2023

Immigrants are coming to North Dakota for jobs. Not everyone is glad to see them

The immigrant population is growing fast in states far from the southern border. Employers in North Dakota say the economy needs more workers, but there's still deep ambivalence about immigration.

WEKU · Oct 25, 2023