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Small boats legislation will leave thousands in limbo, refugee campaigners warn

Refugee Council says proposals could effectively ‘shatter’ UK commitments under UN refugee convention

The Independent UK

Rebuilding lives - one stitch at a time

The plight of Rohingya women in a Bangladesh refugee camp are recounted through embroidery during the exhibition "A Life Once Had, A Dream Of Hope", which takes place at SEA Junction from tomorrow to Sunday.

Bangkok Post

A massive fire tore through a crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

The blaze hit Sunday morning and has left thousands homeless. Some 740,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar since 2017, when the Myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown.

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LGBTIQ+ migrants and asylum seekers in South Africa: major new study identifies a diverse, wide-spread community

Since 1998, South Africa has recognised persecution based on gender and sexuality as legitimate grounds for asylum. This makes it the only African country to formally extend refugee protection to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) persons.

The Conversation

Fire blazes through crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

At least 2,000 huts damaged in one of the 32 camps in Cox’s Bazar district where more than 1.2 million people live.

Al Jazeera

Fire hits crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

A massive fire has raced through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh, leaving thousands homeless

The Independent UK

Turkey’s Syrian refugee youth worry about their post-quake future

Young, desperate teens are forced to work in the grey market, but after the quakes, they feel they have nowhere to go.

Al Jazeera

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UK government ‘complicit’ in asylum seeker hotel attacks, say unions

Workers urged to mobilise against far-right groups as senior Tory politicians are accused of demonising refugees

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on cruel schemes to relocate refugees

The government should speed up asylum seekers’ claims instead of focusing on costly and unworkable deterrents

The Guardian - UK

Mob attacks two Tunis shelters for LGBTQ people from sub-Saharan Africa

A mob of men wielding sticks and knives attacked a shelter for LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers from sub-Saharan Africa on February 23. Police called to the site arrested at least eight people from sub-Saharan Africa, even though they have refugee status and are therefore legal residents in Tunisia. This…

France 24

Kidnap survivor with PTSD during Covid livid at Matt Hancock's hotel quarantine jokes

Award winning journalist and refugee Zaina Erhaim has condemned messages sent by then health secretary Matt Hancock and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case about quarantine hotels

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian refugee making new life in Killin tells of harrowing story a year on from Russian invasion

The family had been offered accommodation in Edinburgh - but faced a further test when it flooded.

Daily Record

Refugees alleging horrific treatment in Australian detention centres face lengthy court delays

Exclusive: Fifty refugees have taken cases against the government that paint a disturbing picture of their treatment, documents show

The Guardian - AU

Foreign aid budget ‘raided’ to pay Home Office’s ‘eye watering’ refugee hotel bill

People in world’s poorest countries are being ‘short-changed’, ministers claim

Evening Standard

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The Conversation

Poland’s hospitality is helping many Ukrainian refugees thrive – 5 takeaways

More than 8 million Ukrainian refugees have entered Poland since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. About 1.5 million of them have remained in the central European country rather than moving on to other places or returning home amid Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II.

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan crackdown on Afghan refugees leaves ‘four dead’ and thousands in cells

Asylum seekers in Karachi tell of terror of being sent back to the Taliban and despair at being shackled and held in Pakistani jails

The Conversation

Race and erasure: why the world’s other humanitarian crises don’t see the same response as Ukraine

With the war in Ukraine now in its second year, nearly a third of the country’s population has been displaced, including 8 million people who have sought refuge beyond its borders.

The Guardian - UK

Up to a third of overseas aid budget used for housing refugees in UK, MPs report

Select committee accuses government of wilfully obscuring facts around ‘unsustainable’ trend

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Bangkok Post

Humanising policy towards refugees

The recent death of a Uighur man -- who had sought refuge in Thailand and was subsequently detained for nearly a decade, was a sad reflection of the unbalanced response towards persons who seek refuge, or "refugees", in this country. Various groups currently seek protection from persecution, armed conflicts and…

The Conversation

Amid a worsening refugee crisis, public support is high in both Australia and NZ to accept more Rohingya

Nearly one million stateless Rohingya people who fled brutal ethnic cleansing in Myanmar have been languishing in extremely congested refugee camps in Bangladesh for the past five and a half years.

The Independent UK

Malaysia leader alarmed by Myanmar's refugee crisis

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says more than 200,000 refugees have fled Myanmar to his country and urgently called for new ways to persuade Myanmar’s ruling generals to resolve the civil conflict

Al Jazeera

‘Everywhere they go, the Rohingya are exploited’

Kaamil Ahmed, a British journalist, on his new book about the Rohingya’s extraordinary suffering.

AAP

Sudanese refugee chases basketball dream in Australia

Manyiel Wugol's story is one of perseverance and dedication to a friend whose basketball career was cut short.

Al Jazeera

Mediterranean shipwreck: Stories of tragedy emerge after 62 drown

A baby and twin toddlers were among the 12 children who died, with survivors struggling to speak after the disaster.

Tribune News Service

Refugees and their advocates see a champion in Jimmy Carter

ATLANTA – Dr. Heval Kelli moved to metro Atlanta in 2001 as a Syrian refugee. After washing dishes early on to help support his family – the victims of violence and persecution in their homeland – he became a physician.

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