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Canada, US amend decades-old pact after surge in irregular asylum seekers

Canada and the United States on Friday changed a two-decade-old refugee agreement as part of their attempts to reduce the record influx of asylum seekers entering Canada via unofficial border crossings.

Reuters

'A toxic policy with little returns' – lessons for the UK-Rwanda deal from Australia and the US

One afternoon in mid-June, I sat with Ethan*, a local islander, at Nauru’s boat harbour. He was speaking about how life had changed in the country since the asylum deal with Australia was agreed. Just a few years before my arrival in 2016, the small Pacific island had once again…

The Conversation

Katie Melua on refugees, energising motherhood and her disarmingly honest new album, Love & Money

The singer-songwriter says she feels energised by her new arrival, but grateful not to be under the same pressures as previous generations of women

Evening Standard

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Canada to roll back asylum access in reported agreement with US

Refugee groups condemn anticipated decision to expand Canada’s ability to reject asylum seekers at the US border.

Al Jazeera

Rohingya campaigners condemn Myanmar’s ‘opaque’ repatriation plan

Rights campaigners condemn ruling military’s plan saying no word on Rohingya’s rights and their safety in Myanmar.

Al Jazeera

Warning Ukrainian refugees on Edinburgh cruise ship face homelessness without housing plan

A humanitarian charity said the situation was causing "stress and uncertainty" for Ukrainian refugee families who continue to face uncertainty over where they will live long-term.

Edinburgh Live

North Shields community group's knitted bears on their way to support Ukrainian children

Ann Wright set up the group with her daughter and soon started a massive community of people from the North East that wanted to support Ukraine

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Editorial: Condemn Putin for unjustified invasion and annexation? Consider the precedents

President Joe Biden correctly reflected the world’s outrage last year when Russia amassed troops on the border with Ukraine then invaded with levels of brutality that included the targeting of schools, refugee encampments and hospitals. Russian President Vladimir Putin now faces arrest for war crimes. Undaunted by U.S. criticism, he…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UK asylum seekers who complain about conditions ‘threatened with Rwanda’

Refugee Action report calls asylum seeker accommodation ‘racialised segregation and de facto detention’

The Guardian - UK

Cambodian refugee who escaped the Khmer Rouge regime with her family now runs prospering mango farm

Muy Keav Ma escaped Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge as a child with her family. Australia offered her refuge, and decades on, despite seemingly insurmountable setbacks, she is now a successful mango farmer.

ABC News

'Draconian' asylum bill could leave 40,000 children destitute or locked up

THE UK Government’s Illegal Migration Bill could leave 200,000 people, including 40,000 children, locked up or forced into destitution, the…

The National (Scotland)

Trudeau-Biden talks to tackle asylum seekers surge at migration hotspot

A rural road on the border of New York and Quebec has seen nearly 40,000 people crossing into Canada there last year

The Guardian - US

Staggering cost of detaining and accommodating migrants under controversial illegal migration bill revealed

More than 250,000 people, including up to 45,000 children, could have their asylum claims deemed inadmissible, a charity says

The Independent UK

Small boats bill ‘will force hundreds of thousands into immigration limbo’, charity claims

Up to 260,000 people could have their asylum claims rejected in first three years of small boats bill, Refugee Council says

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Cost of detaining and accommodating migrants 'could hit £9bn in three years’

Charity says more than 250,000 people will have their claim for asylum denied with 10,000 sent to Rwanda in each of the first three years

The Guardian - UK

‘Draconian’ migration bill could leave tens of thousands destitute or locked up

Refugee Council figures reveal potential human and economic cost of government’s illegal migration bill

The Independent UK

‘Cost of detaining and accommodating migrants could hit £9bn in three years’

More than 250,000 people, including up to 45,000 children, could have their asylum claims deemed inadmissible, a charity says.

ABC News

The UK copying Australia's refugee policy is a bad idea, refugee advocates say

The United Kingdom's latest migration crackdown, its toughest yet, is almost a replica of Australia's asylum seeker policy. Refugee advocates warn the Australian system should be a cautionary tale, not a blueprint.

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Evening Standard

Wembley Stadium: More than 1,000 tickets for England v Ukraine to go to refugees and UK host families

Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain organises giveaway for Sunday’s Euro 2024 qualifier

The Independent UK

I brought two Ukrainian refugees to the US. One month later, this is what they think

After Clare Cannon made the decision to sponsor Katya and Dima to settle in New York, she knew she’d be responsible for helping them overcome their culture shock. Here, she documents one month of ups and downs in the US — and what actually happens to Ukrainian refugees once they…

Reuters

Syria's war shattered their lives, Turkey's quake crushed their hopes

After surviving a chemical attack in Syria, Douaa Idris, her husband and two children fled across the border to southern Turkey where they painstakingly rebuilt their lives as refugees.

The Independent UK

Palestinian commander killed in Syria buried in refugee camp

A Palestinian militant commander who was shot and killed in Syria has been buried in refugee camp on the edges of the Syrian capital, Damascus

ABC News

Tin Hta Nu left Myanmar as a political refugee in 1991. Now her mission is to help her New South Wales community

With every shared meal, volunteering shift and fundraising project, Tin Hta Nu is determined to challenge stereotypes and show how much refugees contribute to their communities.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the forgotten Rohingya refugees: lives without futures

Editorial: More than five years after hundreds of thousands fled Myanmar, conditions in Bangladesh are deteriorating

Evening Standard

Refugee who stayed at Gary Lineker’s house speaks of his ‘humanity’

The refugee who stayed at Gary Lineker’s house has hailed him a “caring and loving defender of humanity”.

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