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Europe outsourcing asylum to African countries is a terrible idea – there are alternatives

For 40 years, western governments have entertained ideas of outsourcing asylum processing and refugee hosting to the global south. It is not a new idea. And neither are the controversies that have accompanied it.

The Conversation

Could the Sudan unrest inflame the Horn of Africa?

Regional leaders and experts fear a civil war could lead to new crises in a region battered by conflict and drought.

Al Jazeera

Tory election candidate suspended over Facebook posts about ‘invasion of Islam’ and ‘stoning’ refugees

Stuart Peach was standing to be elected as a Conservative councillor in Ashfield, where the party’s deputy chairman, Lee Anderson, is the local MP

The Independent UK

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She fought to change hair-braiding law. Now, this refugee owns one of Idaho’s first salons

BOISE, Idaho -- One year ago, Sonia Ekemon, 41, led the fight to make it legal for Idahoans to braid hair without a cosmetology license.

Tribune News Service

Mexico feels the strain as Haitian migrants, caught in limbo, mark time

Asylum claims by Haitians in Mexico are on track to hit a record above 50,000 this year, a top official said, further pressuring the country's already strained migrant services as many begin to contemplate a future there rather than in the United States.

Reuters

Rwandan politician says the country isn't safe for refugees from the UK

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza said high unemployment and a heavy-handed approach to protests made the Central African country unsuitable for the UK's deportation project, which was unveiled more than a year ago but hasn't seen any flights take off

Daily Mirror

Bill for housing Ukrainian refugees in Ireland to hit €1 billion within weeks

It is understood that millions is owed to housing providers across the country, and in many cases three to five months in arrears were paid up to date last week.

Irish Mirror

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In New York, a nonprofit helps Ukrainian refugees make a home

One of the more daunting tasks facing Ukrainian refugees who come to New York is finding a place to live. A Manhattan real estate executive has been helping to find them apartments at reduced rents.

WEKU

Raw deal for refugees

As Thais celebrate Songkran this week, many of our neighbours in Myanmar are facing agony as their junta government ramps up airstrikes on armed rebel bases along the border.

Bangkok Post

‘Terrifying’: Critics decry US plan to stop migrants at Darién Gap

Deal with Colombia and Panama aims to halt refugees crossing the lawless jungle region, but some say dangers will only increase

The Guardian - US

Refugee to run free Ukrainian walking tours of Liverpool during Eurovision

‘There are 3,000 Ukrainians coming to Liverpool who are refugees, so I thought they will be looking for something to do,’ said Maria Romanenko.

The Independent UK

Gaza’s Ramadan League: An indispensable annual tradition

The final held in the Rafah refugee camp drew ardent fans and possibly a talent scout or two.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopia was feted for expanding education rights for refugees, then politics got in the way

Ethiopia is one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in the world. It hosts more than 800,000 refugees and asylum seekers. For decades, refugees were sheltered primarily in 26 camps managed by a domestic agency, the Refugee and Returnee Service. Most still are.

The Conversation

South Sudan football star Anyier Yuol recognised for refugee advocacy

Footballer Anyier Yuol was born in a Kenyan refugee camp to South Sudanese parents who died while she was young.

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UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Urges West Bank Workers to End Strike

The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency on Wednesday called on the West Bank local staff union to end a strike, saying the stoppage was hindering access for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees to basic services. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…

Reuters

UN Palestinian refugee agency urges West Bank workers to end strike

Manchester Evening News

Refugee family left 'homeless' as police investigate alleged assault at hotel putting up asylum seekers

The family refuse to return to an asylum seeker hotel

Radio France Internationale

In Tunisia, police destroy migrant camp facing the UN building

Police in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, have forcefully removed a group homeless sub-Saharan Africans had been camping outside of the UN buildings of the International Organisation for Migration (OIM) and the UN Refugee Agency (HCR) for several weeks.

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The Guardian - UK

UK using more of its aid budget to house refugees than most donors in OECD

Britain has been criticised for loading cost of accommodating refugees on to overseas aid budget

The Independent UK

People easily disgusted by smells more prone to xenophobia, study suggests

Study using fictional refugee groups finds xenophobic prejudice strongest in English-speaking countries

The New Daily

‘Completely let down’: Refugee visa scheme under fire

Asylum seekers applying for refugee status in Australia feel let down by bureaucracy, with some driven to self harm.

The Guardian - UK

I fought injustice against refugees like me through activism and charity work. Then I found comedy

Doing standup is about sharing the contradictory mess of being human – and exposing the hypocrisy of politics, says comedian Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi

The Guardian - UK

Tories hail Greek migration policies as an example. Instead, they should serve as a warning

Experience in eastern Mediterranean proves deterrence and harsh conditions do little to discourage refugees

Bangkok Post

Governor checks up on refugee care

TAK: Local authorities have been visiting displaced people sheltering close to the border to follow up on efforts to manage refugees after clashes between ethnic groups and the Myanmar military flared up last week.

The Conversation

Refugee team offers a way for Russian and Belarusian dissidents to compete at the Paris Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) began 2023 with high hopes of maintaining its solidarity with Ukraine, but its call to allow individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to attend the 2024 Paris Games has caused backlash.

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