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Chinese Christians ‘to be sent to third country’

More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were arrested in Pattaya a week ago for overstaying their visas are expected to be sent to a third country next week, says a senior police official.

Bangkok Post

Lebanon: Army Finds Rocket Launcher in Marjayoun

The Lebanese army found on Friday a deserted rocket launcher in the southern town of Marjayoun that contained several unlaunched rockets. The army leadership said in a statement that efforts are underway to dismantle it. The encounter came following a flare-up in violence and major salvoes of rockets that were…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Palestinian Refugee Chief Warns over Lack of Donors

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday that it faced growing challenges in running its operations as donors were set to contribute less money this year. Agency chief Philippe Lazzarini told The Associated Press in an interview that he plans to make a new appeal for donors after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Transatlantic on Netflix review: a story of remarkable bravery gets lost in this glossy show

This Netflix series about refugees and political dissidents escpaing the Gestapo is simply too whimsical

Evening Standard

Pallas launch digital album to raise funds for former keyboard player Mike Stobbie

Watch a new video for the Pallas song Refugee below, released to raise money for founder member Mike Stobbie

Louder

Ai Weiwei at the Design Museum: “We’re building a society on greed and selfishness”

‘I always pay attention to all the refugee situations, not because I’m a refugee, but I’m trying to see where our humanity is going to be... those boats carry our trust in humanity’

Evening Standard

Refugee claims she was ‘victim of racism’ after being denied boarding from Air Canada flight

Ketty Nivyabandi was left ‘simply stunned’ by the refusal to let her fly

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Aid shortage leaves refugees in Uganda reliant on kitchen gardens

Watering the neat lines of green salad leaves outside her thatched home, Susan Konga, a South Sudanese woman living in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, is preparing her kitchen garden for the next harvest.

Reuters

Gary Lineker: it was factually accurate to call refugee policy cruel

Presenter stands by tweets likening home secretary’s language to 1930s Germany, after BBC impartiality row

The Guardian - UK

Thai officials say Chinese church members to be deported soon

Members of Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church say they faced unbearable harassment in China and sought asylum in the US.

Al Jazeera

Syrian refugee elected mayor of German village

Rayyan Alshebl made his first contact with Germany in 2009, watching Bayern Munich football matches on television in Syria. A few years later, he would seek refuge there after civil war in his home country forced him to flee.

Reuters

Thai police say Chinese church members to be deported soon

Officials say more than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand after receiving U.N. refugee status will be deported by next week, probably to a third country

The Independent UK

Britain spends three times more aid on housing refugees than it sends to Africa

Foreign Office figures show aid to Africa fell to £1.1bn in 2022, compared with £3.7bn of budget spent on refugees in UK

The Guardian - UK

After immigrant deaths at border, calls to end U.S-Canada asylum pact grow louder

(This April 4 story has been corrected to fix the name to Hussan from Hassan, in paragraphs 4 and 5)

Reuters

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Citywest refugee centre evacuated as Department clarify speculation

The incident at 2pm led to speculation locally and on social media as to the circumstances surrounding it

Dublin Live

Videos emerge online of alleged brawl outside East Wall refugee centre

The shocking clips show a vicious melee outside an old ESB building in East Wall

The Conversation

More than 650 refugees arrived in this regional town. Locals' welcoming attitudes flipped the stereotype

When we think of regional towns in Australia, some of us might think “close-knit”, “conservative”, or “resistant to change”.

The New Daily

‘We are not animals’: Refugees speak up about detention

More than 30 refugees have delivered testimony about the squalid conditions they endured in Australia's offshore detention centres.

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Evening Standard

Pictured: 1970s Mega-barge Bibby Stockholm Government wants to use to house 500 refugees

Leaked Home Office documents claimed plans to put asylum seekers on vessels were rejected last year - due to it being more expensive than using hotels

AAP

'We are not animals': Refugees speak up about detention

More than 30 refugees have delivered testimony about the squalid conditions they endured in Australia's offshore detention centres.

Irish Mirror

Videos of alleged brawl outside East Wall refugee accommodation centre emerge online

The shocking clips show a vicious melee outside an old ESB building in East Wall being used by the Government to house asylum seekers.

Inverse

‘Citizen Sleeper Purge': 2022’s Most Slept-On Indie Gets a Dazzling Finale

The end of 'Citizen Sleeper's DLC episodes, and the last content for the game, 'Episode Purge' is the goodbye the game deserves.

The Conversation

The UK spent a third of its international aid budget on refugees in the UK – what it's paying for, and why it's a problem

A third of the UK’s international aid budget was spent supporting refugees in the UK in 2022. A new report by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) details the £3.5 billion expense, a threefold increase on 2021, and about 12 times the amount spent in 2015.

The Guardian - UK

Syrian refugee celebrates ‘sensational’ win in German mayoral race

Ryyan Alshebl, 29, won an absolute majority in Sunday’s mayoral election in Ostelsheim

Los Angeles Times

This unique ADU offers hope for two sets of grandparents and Ukrainian refugees

LOS ANGELES — Seventy-four-year-old Viktor Vasyliev — arms outstretched and smiling broadly — greeted Raul Villagra and his wife, Cristina Araya, with a warm embrace.

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