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Shabana Mahmood swears at hecklers over Reform UK comparison

‘Refugees welcome’ chanted by hecklers as home secretary says she refuses to be ‘put in a box’

The Independent UK

Farage’s claim that Reform’s plan to deport refugees will save UK billions ‘not remotely credible’

Refugee Council says reassessing hundreds of thousands of asylum decisions was ‘not a serious or workable plan’

The Independent UK

There is something wrong with the asylum process for LGBTQ+ people – but it’s not fake claimants

An undercover investigation by BBC News has found evidence of people falsely claiming to be gay to gain asylum in the UK. The findings are concerning. But rather than assume this means all asylum applicants are lying, it’s worth asking why people might be drawn to this route.

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Deporting migrants already granted asylum will save billions, Reform claims

The Refugee Council said reassessing hundreds of thousands of asylum decisions would be highly expensive.

Evening Standard

How to complete Catastrophe’s Aftermath in Windrose

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Destructoid

Indian man converted from Hinduism to Christianity denied asylum in Australia; tribunal says no risk of harm on return

An Indian man who converted from Hinduism to Christianity has failed in his attempt to secure asylum in Australia, with a tribunal ruling that he faces no real risk of harm if returned home.

The Times of India

Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead and missing in shipwrecks in 2025, UNHCR says

The Rohingya mainly leave from huge camps in Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees forced to flee across the border from Myanmar's Rakhine state live in squalid conditions.

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Rights groups in Sweden slam government 'honest living' proposal for migrants

The Swedish Refugee Law Centre, an organisation that provides legal assistance to asylum seekers, says the proposals will make the process for residence permits unpredictable.

Euronews

Lionel Rosenblatt, whose advocacy for refugees began with derring-do in Vietnam, dies at 82

Lionel Rosenblatt, a high-profile advocate for refugee rights, has died at 82 after a battle with cancer

The Independent UK

At least 250 people missing, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, after boat sinks in Andaman Sea

The United Nations says at least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, are missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently

The Independent UK

Survivors recount harrowing ordeal as 250 feared drowned in Andaman Sea tragedy

Overcrowded trawler carrying Rohingya refugees to Malaysia sinks due to heavy winds and rough seas

The Independent UK

Hundreds of asylum seekers moved from hotels to army barracks, Home Office announces

Refugee Council criticises Labour’s decision, saying military sites are unsuitable and ‘more expensive than hotels’

The Guardian - UK

About 250 missing after boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes in Andaman Sea

Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

‘In Sudan, there is nothing but death.. you just run’

IN FOCUS: Rachel Hagan speaks to those who have fled Sudan, and other nearby African nations, to Kenya – escaping war, poverty and sexual violence. But workers for the Red Cross fear that looking after such refugees will only get harder as international aid is cut

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‘It’s time for China and India to really start providing foreign aid’

INTERVIEW: Exclusive: In a wide-ranging interview, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council also warns that potential plans by Nato nations to boost military spending to five per cent of GDP are a ‘major strategic mistake’

The Independent UK

Mali latest to back Morocco’s plan for disputed Western Sahara amid US and Europe support

Western Sahara has emerged as a hot spot for investment, drawing European and American firms

The Conversation

The UK could make migrants wait up to 20 years before becoming settled – making it one of the longest waits in the world

The UK government is planning to make it significantly harder for migrants to obtain permanent residence. If the proposals go ahead, the UK would become more restrictive than most other high-income democracies. In the case of refugees it would create a situation that is arguably without precedent among peer countries.

Latin Times

All But Three Refugees Admitted to U.S. Since October Are South African as Trump Overhauls Program

The current intake contrasts sharply with the final full fiscal year under the Biden administration, when approximately 125,000 refugees from 85 countries were resettled

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The Conversation

Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador

In the midst of a civil war, married couple Ernesto and Linda Fuentes fled their home country of El Salvador and headed for Philadelphia, via Mexico, in November 1983.

Newslaundry

‘Feels like a betrayal’: SIR deletions hit BJP’s own Hindu refugee base in West Bengal

“It feels like we aren’t worth anything at all. Everyone is able to vote but us. Money aatonko aatonko hocche (My mind is wracked with fear). Those who have voting rights, they have [worth]; we have nothing else,” says Pratima Roy, a 34-year-old resident of Bongaon Uttar.

The Conversation

US refugee policy for white South Africans is part of a century-long effort to keep some English-speaking nations white

Whiteness appears to be an official immigration credential in the eyes of the United States government.

The Guardian - UK

‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot

He was the screenwriting colossus behind Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Showgirls and more. Now clean, ‘Hollywood’s Shakespeare’ talks about today’s scared studios, his refugee trauma – and taking acid with Hunter S Thompson

The Guardian - AU

The Hair of the Pigeon by Mohammed Massoud Morsi review – an epic tale of a refugee’s journey

The Egyptian-Danish-Australian journalist’s second novel spans continents, following a Palestinian teen as he comes of age during the Syrian civil war and is forced into exile

The Independent UK

Afghanistan earthquake kills eight members of same refugee family returning from Iran

A three-year-old boy, the sole survivor, sustained injuries and is currently receiving hospital treatment in the capital

The Guardian - US

‘It broke our home’: family demands answers after death of man abandoned by US border agents

Nurul Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee, was left alone in a Buffalo parking lot. His death has been ruled a homicide – what now?

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