The Latest Breaking News from Refugee

Being gay or a woman isn’t enough to claim asylum, says Suella Braverman

Ms Braverman will urge politicians to rip up the United Nations Refugee Convention

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

Braverman to ask world leaders to make refugee rules ‘fit for the modern age’

Home secretary’s address in Washington will urge reform of UN convention and has already prompted concern from charities

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2023

Braverman to ask whether UN Refugee Convention ‘is in need of reform’ on US trip

Home Secretary Suella Braverman will ask if the international agreement is ‘fit for our modern age’.

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

Israel strikes Gaza for the third straight day as West Bank violence escalates

A series of violent escalations on the border between Israel and Gaza over the past week during a sensitive Jewish holiday period raised the specter of an escalation for the first time since May.

WEKU · Sep 24, 2023

Israel kills two Palestinians amid surge in military raids

Sunday’s raid is just the latest in a stepped-up campaign of violence targeting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Al Jazeera · Sep 24, 2023

Braverman to question basis for international refugee treaties in Washington speech

Home secretary will use trip to United States to claim that ‘unsustainable pressure’ is being placed on the US, UK and Europe by illegal migration

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2023

On Lampedusa, a familiar disillusion 10 years after its first refugee tragedy

Islanders lament how little has changed despite the crackdown promises of politicians – whom cynics accuse of chasing votes

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023

Braverman questions whether international migration rules are ‘fit for purpose’

Home Secretary Suella Braverman will use a trip to the United States to warn that ‘unsustainable pressure’ is being placed on the US, UK and Europe.

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2023

The former refugee who wants to cut immigration, and become the first female Dutch PM

Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, new leader of the Netherlands’ VVD party is a talk show darling. Will that be enough to take her to the very top?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2023

Prize-winning Polish film on refugees opens to government backlash

Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border tells story of brutal treatment of a Syrian family trying to get to Europe

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2023