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Editorial: Unfinished business: US must do more to welcome Afghan refugees

In the year since the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, tens of thousands of Afghans have been forced to suffer through another administrative disaster, this one unfolding mostly in drab D.C. office buildings via mountains of monotonous paperwork.

Tribune News Service

Fresh bid by Syrian refugee to bring her dying father to Scotland

A FORMER refugee from Syria who fled to Scotland almost 10 years ago has launched a petition to allow her dying father to come to Scotland so they…

The National (Scotland)

Six Syrian Refugees Found Dead on Boat Reaching Sicily

Six Syrian refugees, including three children, were found dead on a migrant boat that arrived on Monday in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said. "They died of thirst, hunger and severe burns. This is unacceptable," the UNHCR's representative to Italy, Chiara Cardoletti, wrote on…

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Six Syrian refugees found dead on boat reaching Sicily

Six Syrian refugees, including three children, were found dead on a migrant boat that arrived on Monday in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said.

Reuters

Bangladesh leader: Prolonged Rohingya stay impacts stability

Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, says the prolonged stay of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh has become a serious security and stability concern

The Independent UK

Australia can unlock the potential of refugees to fill skills shortages, advocates say

Many refugees arriving in Australia may already have the skills and experience needed to get to work in their fields, but getting into the job market isn't easy.

ABC News

Why the expressive arts, led by teachers in schools, matter for refugee children

Canada rapidly settled nearly 47,000 Syrians fleeing conflict in 2015 and intends to welcome 40,000 Afghan refugees. Canada has also put no limit on the Ukrainian refugees it will accept.

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Syrian Refugees in Türkiye Plan Caravan to Reach EU

A group of Syrian refugees in Türkiye is planning to form a caravan to reach the European Union, organizers said Saturday. Plans are being drawn up online via a Telegram channel, set up six days ago and followed by almost 70,000 people.

Asharq Al-Awsat

How Australia’s ‘luck of the draw’ asylum system is leaving vulnerable people in limbo for years

Sister Aileen Crowe’s decades of experience with ‘dehumanising’ process is backed up by new research which reveals massive inconsistencies in decision-making

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian refugees face 'enormous bureaucracy problems' to travel to UK, aid worker says

War aid worker Sally Becker fears that Britain has turned its back on the refugees fleeing the Ukraine and says they face a mountain of red tape in coming here

Daily Mirror

Jimmy Cliff: ‘I’m still chasing that Oscar!’

It’s been 50 years since the reggae pioneer helped bring Jamaican culture to the world with his starring role in ‘The Harder They Come’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about new album ‘Refugees’, convincing Cat Stevens to let him record ‘Wild World’ and why he’s still singing ‘rude…

The Independent UK

‘Too much’: Refugees rally for permanent visas in Australia

Gov’t has promised to abolish temporary visas that have left thousands struggling to survive but has given no timeframe.

Al Jazeera

The Swimmers review – inspiring Olympian refugee story told in broad strokes

My Brother the Devil director Sally El Hosaini tells the story of Yusra Mardini in a Netflix film that feels closer to a Disney sports movie

The Guardian - US

Afghan Adjustment Act: What does it mean for refugees in US?

Legislation could give Afghans paroled to the US a path to permanent residency after months of uncertainty.

Al Jazeera

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‘We are tired of living like prisoners’: LGBT+ asylum seekers stranded in Niger

After being stranded in Niger for almost two years, a group of LGBT+ asylum seekers in Niamey is growing ever more desperate in their hopes for resettlement. While navigating a country marked by intolerance towards LGBT people, they feel propelled to take more active action and demand the United Nations…

The Guardian - UK

Tajikistan ‘rounding up and deporting Afghan refugees’

UN refugee agency urges authorities to end forced deportations as families say they are too scared to leave their homes

The Independent UK

UK has ‘assurances’ that Rwanda will honour asylum seeker deal, High Court told

Rwandan authorities have given ‘detailed assurances’ over the processing of asylum claims, Home Office lawyers argued.

The Independent UK

Black refugee facing homelessness after being dismissed from award-winning charity

Exclusive: Mum-of-three Rohie John was sacked when managers wrongly told her she had no right to work in Britain

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Israel PM Opposes Prosecuting Soldier who Likely Shot Abu Akleh

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday pushed back against suggestions of prosecuting a soldier who likely shot dead Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during an army operation this year. The veteran Al Jazeera reporter was wearing a bulletproof vest marked "Press" and a helmet when she was shot in…

The Independent UK

Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda not a penalty, High Court told

The UN Refugee Agency has previously told judges that the Government’s Rwanda plan is ‘incompatible with UK’s fundamental obligations’.

The Conversation

A Syrian academic at the Fringe: why I put on a show to reclaim the stories of refugees like me

This summer I performed my own one-woman show at the 75th Edinburgh Fringe – a sentence I never thought I would write in my 17 years of living in the UK. But there I was, a Syrian academic on stage in Edinburgh in front of a microphone, high on adrenaline,…

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in latest occupied West Bank raid

Younis Ghassan Tayeh, 20, was killed by the Israeli army during a raid on the al-Faraa refugee camp near Tubas.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tents for Torture, Secret Detention Uncovered in Syria’s al-Hol Camp

The Kurdish Internal Security Forces (Asayish) and the special female units of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have found a tent used by ISIS-linked elements for torture and detention inside al-Hol refugee camp, east of al-Hasakah governorate. Security forces liberated four women who were chained up to a concrete wall.…

The Independent UK

Video of child refugee in Libya sheds light on rampant abuse

A video has emerged on social media of a 15-year-old Sudanese refugee boy being tormented by gunmen in Libya demanding ransom

The Guardian - UK

‘I will reach Europe or die’: three stories of Afghan refugees in Turkey

Having paid smugglers to organise a dangerous escape, those fleeing the Taliban face persistent hostility

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