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‘I arrived here as a child refugee — now I’m a chef at Michelin-star restaurants’

As This Day donates £900K to our campaign taking the total raised to £1.4M, we reveal how the Scottish Refugee Council helped an unaccompanied child who came with nothing

Evening Standard

Denial of return by Israel to Palestinians in West Bank a war crime, HRW says

A new report by Human Rights Watch finds that Israel committed war crimes in its ground offensive in the West Bank earlier this year, after tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians were denied return after hostilities ended.

Euronews

UK to overhaul asylum policy – will the new measures work?

Amid growing public concern over migration and a political threat from Reform UK, the Labour government has proposed sweeping reforms to the asylum and refugee system. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says the plans will address an “out of control” asylum system.

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79-Year-Old World War II Refugee Remains in ICE Custody After Living in the U.S. for Over 70 Years

Born to Polish parents in a German refugee camp, Paul John Bojerski’s immigration case highlights the complexities and impracticalities of mass deportations.

Reason

‘I fled Africa to safety in the UK – Starmer’s migrant crackdown means I could be sent back’

Shams Moussa says despite a change of government in his home country, he feels like an ‘alien’ – and condemned Labour’s plan to return refugees as part of a planned overhaul of the asylum system

The Independent UK

UK Asylum Reforms Could Lock Migrants into Low-Paid Work: 'It Makes Me Feel Unwelcome'

The UK's new temporary-status asylum reforms face fierce backlash, with critics warning they will push refugees into exploitation, poverty and long-term insecurity.

International Business Times UK

Israeli airstrike kills 1 and wounds 11 including students in southern Lebanon

An Israeli airstrike on a car in southern Lebanon has killed one person and wounded 11, including students on a nearby bus, according to the Health Ministry and state media

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Israeli airstrike on Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13, government officials say

The attack marks the deadliest strike on Lebanon since a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect last year.

Euronews

Israeli attack on Palestinian refugee camp kills 13 in deadliest violation since Lebanon truce

Drone and missile strikes target car parking and mosque in densely populated camp

The Independent UK

Mahmood faces calls for compassion and clarity over hardline asylum policies

Home secretary urged to explain statement that asylum admissions will start at ‘a few hundred’ people

The Guardian - UK

A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for?

The government’s callousness has won it respect – from Tommy Robinson and the hard right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

UK Unveils Major Asylum Policy Reform in Response to Public Backlash

The UK government unveils sweeping asylum reforms, replacing automatic refugee status with temporary protection, tightening deportation rules, family reunion rules, and ECHR interpretations, amid public backlash and political division.

International Business Times UK

Labour’s asylum plans are horribly cruel – but they’re also a mix of hype, old policy and unachievable promises

There is mounting disquiet among Labour MPs, while the vulnerable refugees at the heart of this story are living with a renewed sense of panic, says Diane Taylor, who writes on human rights, racism and civil liberties

The Guardian - UK

Starmer facing fresh challenge as Labour MPs condemn asylum plans

Significant divisions exposed within party as angry backbenchers vow to force changes to hardline proposals

The Guardian - UK

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Roll Call

Slashed refugee cap adds to uncertainty about admissions to US - Roll Call

The State Department says 7,500 refugees could be admitted in fiscal 2026, which would be the lowest cap since the 1980 law that established the current process.

Evening Standard

UK asylum system: Key numbers, trends and definitions

Some 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to June 2025, the highest number for any 12-month period since current records began.

Evening Standard

Visa bans and valuables: The new immigration plans designed to stop migrants seeing UK as ‘golden ticket’

The Standard explains the planned changes aimed at stopping the UK being seen as a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Jewellery and valuables belonging to refugees could be confiscated to pay for accommodation

‘It is right that if people have money in the bank, if people have assets...they should be contributing’, a Home Office minister said on Monday

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The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister

Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK

The Guardian - UK

ICE-style raids on Britain’s streets: that’s all Labour’s brutal asylum reforms will achieve

If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy

The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration

There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rights

The Guardian - UK

What changes to the UK asylum system is Labour proposing?

Refugees could face longer waits and possible return to their home country if it is deemed safe

International Business Times UK

End of the Line for Permanent Asylum: UK To Announce Sweeping Reforms

Shabana Mahmood to announce radical UK asylum overhaul on 17 November 2025: temporary status, 20-year settlement wait, Denmark-inspired deportations amid record £5.4bn ($7.12bn) claims

The Independent UK

Labour to deport more families under Mahmood’s new asylum crackdown despite growing backlash - latest

Labour backbenchers accuse government of ‘chasing Reform’ with new measures

Reason

Trump's Racially Discriminatory Refugee Policy

There is no non-racist justification for prioritizing white Afrikaner South Africans while closing the door to virtually all other groups.

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