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BBC 'ignorant' for trying to justify story on 'fake' refugee footballers

THE BBC has been criticised for its “ignorant and insensitive” response following a complaint about an article on the high-profile evacuation of…

The National (Scotland)

Child refugee allegedly kissed and forced onto bed at London hotel

A boy, 15, allegedly took a 12-year-old to his room and pushed him on to a bed

Evening Standard

An assault on asylum? Experts raise alarm

Experts say the right to asylum is ‘disappearing’ as wealthy nations enact restrictions aimed at keeping people out.

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Afghan refugee's joy at meeting NI pal who helped him escape Taliban

Former RIR soldier from Derry helped old friend from Afghanistan make it to UK

Belfast Live

Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli troops in West Bank refugee camp

Teenager killed and two others wounded during Israeli arrest operation amid escalating tensions

The Guardian - UK

Two More Die as Israel-Palestinian Unrest Simmers, Political Faultlines Widen

A growing wave of unrest between Israelis and Palestinians claimed two more lives on Monday, after a poll showed plummeting support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party amid a divisive plan to rein in the Supreme Court's powers. A Palestinian teen was killed during a military raid in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dumfries and Galloway councillor shocked at racist message after speech on Afghan refugees

Dougie Campbell, a former volunteer with the Scottish Refugee Council, helped secure a commitment 18 months ago for Dumfries and Galloway to resettle 20 families who were fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan

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'People are worried about their children': Concerns over plight of Afghan refugees

SERIOUS concerns have been voiced over the plight of hundreds of Afghan refugees in Scottish hotels who are still waiting for homes.

The National (Scotland)

Grannies helping refugee children learn English form 'amazing' connection with Adelaide students

Blair Athol North Primary School successfully connects refugee students with grannies — who all have a background in education — to help them learn how to read and write in English.

ABC News

Uighurs' plight a lesson for govt

The case of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church who were arrested for overstaying visas in Pattaya last week brings back memories of the notorious repatriation of another group of Uighur refugees back to China in 2014.

Bangkok Post

Manus Island and Nauru: previously unseen testimony and AI imagery reveal ‘unimaginable’ part of Australian history

The witness statements were collected during more than 300 hours of interviews with refugees as part of a now discontinued pro bono class action

The Guardian - AU

A Utah ice climber was killed by falling ice after saving her friend's life

Meg O'Neill, a mentor to young refugees, died after pushing a young woman into safety. They were ascending the frozen Raven Falls in Utah with another climber when the ice cracked, police said.

WEKU

Review: 'Transatlantic' is a clunky, quasi-historical melodrama about Varian Fry

The story of Varian Fry, the Emergency Rescue Committee (later to become today's International Rescue Committee) and its efforts to spirit refugee artists and intellectuals out of Vichy France in the early years of World War II has become a historical, ahistorical, quasi-historical romantic melodrama, "Transatlantic." Written by Anna Winger…

Los Angeles Times

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

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Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Evening Standard

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

Louder

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

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Evening Standard

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’

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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

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