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Portuguese police raid local body where Russians handled Ukrainian refugees

Portuguese police on Tuesday raided a refugee support centre run by the municipality of Setubal near Lisbon over allegations that pro-Kremlin Russian attendants had collected personal data of dozens of newly-arrived Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion.

Reuters

Home Office admits LGBTQI+ refugees could be persecuted if sent to Rwanda

Report on policy to send gay and lesbian asylum seekers to country raises concerns over possible treatment

The Guardian - UK

Lessons for Ukraine from the Rohingya crisis: even sympathetic communities can lose their enthusiasm for hosting refugees

Countries in Europe have opened their borders and homes to Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression. Of course, Ukrainians are far from the first group of refugees to need shelter and welcome from host countries.

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Home Office admits LGBT refugees could face discrimination under Rwanda deal

However, government documents insist Rwanda has ‘legal safeguards’ to protect LGBT people

Evening Standard

Giant puppet Little Amal to meet Ukrainian refugee children in Poland

Model of 10-year-old Syrian girl that has become symbol of compassion will visit border town of Przemyśl

The Guardian - UK

Risk of LGBT refugees sent to Rwanda facing persecution over sexual orientation is ‘justified’, says Home Office

Government also acknowledges Muslim deportees could face risks – but claim this is ‘justified’

The Independent UK

‘It transcends religion:’ Church and synagogue in Fla. team up to help Ukrainian refugees

Laurie and Mike Riley like to walk their dogs around their Weston, Florida, neighborhood in the evenings. The squirrels scurrying about the tree-lined paths have been an ordinary sight of the after-dinner tradition — that is, until 4-year-old Myroslav and 5-year-old Volodymyr Nemets and their parents joined them from Ukraine…

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Commentary: Shoes can be a method of escape, and a tool for taking action

I recently gave a lecture to students at the University of Colorado about my childhood experiences as a refugee survivor from the days of the Holocaust. Aside from relating my story, I had a message to deliver: “Vote. Talk to your friends, parents, neighbors and anyone who will listen. Your…

Tribune News Service

‘Meet us before you reject us’: Ukraine’s Roma refugees face closed doors in Poland

A warm welcome has been given to most people fleeing Putin’s war but Roma women and children are struggling to find homes

The Guardian - UK

President Erdogan pledges Turkey will ‘not expel’ Syrian refugees

Despite pressure from opposition, Erdogan says Turkey, home to over 3.6m Syrian refugees, will ‘protect’ those who fled.

Al Jazeera

First refugees to be told this week of their relocation to Rwanda

Arrivals who crossed Channel will be notified of Home Office plan to send them to nation to make asylum claims

The Guardian - UK

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to give books to refugee children

Singer’s global initiative to offer a book each month to 200 refugee children in London until they turn five

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian refugees face added trauma of UK’s bureaucratic nightmare

Letters: No other country is imposing such stringent checks on vulnerable people fleeing war, writes Andrew Hindle, while one anonymous reader is struggling to access financial support for hosting a family

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian refugee fled to Falkirk after bombed hometown turned into 'hell'

Natasha Matiusha, 29, asked: "What is wrong with these people? What they are doing to the people of Ukraine is genocide."

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: 9.3 Million Syrian Children in Need of Assistance

A total of 9.3 million Syrian children are in need of aid than at any time since the devastating civil war erupted in the country over a decade ago, the United Nations warned on Sunday. “Millions of children continue to live in fear, need and uncertainty inside Syria and the…

The Independent UK

‘What is happening to those we are abandoning?’ asks peer housing refugees

‘Six weeks can feel an eternity when you don’t know what’s happening,’ Baroness Finlay said of the Ukrainian visa application process.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine refugees in UK face waits of up to two years for war trauma therapy

Services across country are patchy with some areas ‘treatment deserts’ when it comes to trauma, say experts

Glasgow Live

Holocaust survivor who came to Glasgow as a child returns to Central Station to share story

Henry Wuga MBE, 98, a former Jewish-German child refugee arrived at Glasgow Central Station in 1939 when he was 15 years old after escaping the horrors of Nazi Germany.

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Scots hairdresser puts honeymoon on hold to help refugees fleeing Ukraine war

Holly Ehret, 48, of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, and her fiancée, Andy were one of the first in Scotland to match as sponsors for Ukrainian refugees, and have put their special holiday on hold while the newcomers settle.

The Independent UK

‘Chaos’: Ukrainian refugees placed with unvetted hosts in unchecked homes as councils wait for funding

One mother and son had to be moved to temporary housing after they were placed in a home with a mouse problem and no heating

The Guardian - AU

Akuch Kuol Anyieth: ‘When you grow up in mayhem, you have no choice but to be strong’

South Sudanese-Australian writer escaped conflict in her homeland, but the trauma that follows refugees is poorly understood

Evening Standard

‘Hundreds’ Ukrainian refugees sent to ‘unsuitable’ sponsors in UK

Hundreds of Ukraianian refugees are allegedly being rehoused after they were offered homes with “unsuitable people”, it has been reported.

WEKU

First Lady Jill Biden visits Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia

First Lady Jill Biden visited Romania and is spending time with Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia today.

Reuters

Jill Biden meets Ukraine refugees, volunteers in Slovakia

U.S. first lady Jill Biden met Ukrainian refugees in eastern Slovakia on Sunday, the last full day of her tour of Romania and Slovakia to visit U.S. servicemen deployed there and women and children who fled Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees removed from UK’s ‘unsuitable’ housing sponsors

Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘unravelling’ as government seeks new accommodation for 600 people at risk of being exploited by hosts

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