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Gary Lineker criticises Home Office over treatment of 26-year old refugee he hosted

Lineker too in a 26-year old man who had been caught up in a military coup

Wales Online · Oct 14, 2022

Gary Lineker criticises Home Office treatment of refugee he hosted

It comes after Lineker was found to have breached the BBC’s impartiality rules over a tweet he posted in February.

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Afghans in UAE facility are 'psychologically suffering,' Canada refugee says

Afghans living in a makeshift refugee camp in the United Arab Emirates staged demonstrations this week protesting the uncertainty of their status, participants told Reuters, and one refugee now in Canada said they are "psychologically suffering."

Reuters · Oct 13, 2022

Lebanon to start sending Syrian refugees back home despite ‘risk of abuse’

Lebanon says programme is ‘voluntary’ but rights groups warn other returnees have faced arrests, detention, enforced disappearance and torture

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Lebanon to begin returning refugees to Syria ‘in batches’

Presidency says return of refugees to Syria to start next week, despite objections by rights groups.

Al Jazeera · Oct 12, 2022

Spy agency Asio ‘acquiesced in the use of torture’ when detaining Egyptian refugee, court told

Sayed Abdellatif has been held in immigration detention since 2012 after being convicted of terrorism offences in Cairo in a discredited trial

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2022

Ukraine’s forgotten refugees: They fled Putin’s war too – but Britain won’t help because of their nationality

Refugees Welcome: Non-Ukrainian nationals who escaped the same invasion have been cut out of the schemes offering sanctuary. Now they find themselves alone with nowhere to turn, reports May Bulman

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Ukraine’s forgotten refugees: Lottery of rights across EU leaves thousands struggling for help

Countries across Europe have been accused of discriminating against non-Ukrainians who have fled Russia’s invasion, write May Bulman and Maud Jullien

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Lebanon to Begin Returning Syrian Refugees

Lebanon will start sending Syrian refugees back to their home country at the end of next week, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday, despite rights groups' fears for their safety. Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees per capita in the world.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 12, 2022

Palestinians protest as Jerusalem refugee camp locked down

Hundreds of people protested at checkpoints into a refugee camp in Jerusalem and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces broke out across the West Bank on Wednesday, with a Palestinian killed near the southern city of Hebron.

Reuters · Oct 12, 2022