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U.N. expecting 8.3 million refugees from Ukraine this year

The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) is expecting some 8.3 million people to flee Ukraine this year, revising up its previous projection, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Commentary: Russia is causing bloodshed in Myanmar, too

My heart breaks as I watch Russian planes bombing civilian homes, displacing millions of refugees and committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine. Four thousand miles away from Ukraine, in my home country of Myanmar (also known as Burma), Russia has been complicit for decades in the violence of the Burmese…

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Teen refugee who built new life in Scotland 'grateful' to be welcomed into country after fleeing war-torn Yemen

Ahmad suffered police beatings, kidnap and nearly drowned during a gruelling eight-month journey to the UK.

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Ukraine refugees need urgent, ongoing health care. We've worked in refugee camps and there's a right way to do it

The war in Ukraine puts the plight of refugees and displaced people back in the headlines. From February 24, more than 5 million people have crossed Ukraine’s borders. A further 7.7 million are estimated to have been been displaced internally.

The Conversation

Hundreds of thousands of elderly Ukrainians stranded in freezing conditions, says NGO chief

No precedent in history for scale and speed of refugee crisis, Jan Egeland tells Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

Home Office shambles is putting Ukrainian refugees’ lives at risk

Letters: Lee Kneller, Michael and Linda Holmshaw, and Anne Davies are all caught up in the bureaucratic mess of the UK’s visa schemes for people fleeing war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Friends drive van in trip to rescue Ukrainians - stopping off at F**k Putin pub

The two friends raised over £7,000 in donations from the residents of Ashwell, Hertfordshire, which helped pay for refugees’ travel and hotels as well as a rented van and fuel

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More than 800 Ukrainian refugees waiting since March to come to UK – hosts

Frustrated hosts say more than 800 refugees who applied during the first two weeks of the Homes for Ukraine scheme are still waiting for visas.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel’s refugee pushback policy withdrawn days before legal review

Government lawyers confirm Home Office plan to force small boats back to France has been abandoned

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian refugee left homeless after UK host demanded bill money

Olha, 36, says she was told to leave Brighton home when she was unable to pay money being demanded of her

The Guardian - UK

Fewer than 200 asylum seekers will be deported to Rwanda under existing rules, data analysis shows

New figures cast doubt over Boris Johnson’s claim that tens of thousands will be removed under new deal

The Independent UK

‘My children cry with hunger’: refugees denied UN aid rations at Malawi camp

Hundreds at Dzaleka camp told they are no longer eligible for food supplies from the World Food Programme

The Guardian - UK

Eyes in the sky can change the way we help refugees

As technology improves, satellite-imagery based applications could help deliver faster humanitarian responses.

360info

Youth activists in Detroit demand accountability in Lyoya killing

DETROIT — Youth activists on Sunday chanted demands for justice for the family of Patrick Lyoya in front of the "Spirit of Detroit," bringing outrage over the April 4 killing of the Black refugee by a police officer in Grand Rapids to the city's municipal building before marching up Woodward…

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The Guardian - UK

Refugee data analysis casts doubt on Boris Johnson’s Rwanda claim

Fewer than 200 people would have been sent to Africa last year under PM’s migration policy, data reveals

The Independent UK

Homes For Ukraine refugee scheme ‘appears designed for people to fail’ whistleblower claims

‘We don’t really know what we’re doing,’ a whistleblower claiming to work on the scheme said

Reuters

At least 168 killed in south-west Sudan

At least 168 people have been killed and 98 injured in tribal clashes in the western Darfur town of Kreinik, a spokesperson for a refugee group said on Sunday.

ABC News

They were trapped in immigration detention for nine years. Here's what life after the Park Hotel looks like

For a brief time, he became the global symbol of Australia's immigration system. What happened to Mehdi from Melbourne's Park Hotel?

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Ukraine and Double Standards on Refugees

Critics are right to point out that some Western nations are treating Ukrainian refugees better than those fleeing similar horrific situations elsewhere. But the right way to address the problem is to increase openness to other refugees, not exclude Ukrainians.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel defends Rwanda refugee agreement as ‘not like a trade deal’

The decision to send refugees to the East African country has been criticised, with senior Conservative MPs questioning the logic behind it.

The Independent UK

British student coordinating distribution of period products to Ukraine refugees

Ella Lambert, who founded the non-profit Pachamama Project, spoke with the PA news agency about her efforts from Warsaw, Poland.

The Guardian - UK

Homes For Ukraine whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’

Worker claims confused staff are ‘making up response’ to applications and visas are withheld to keep numbers down

Reuters

Ukrainian refugees queue for food in wealthy Switzerland

Hundreds of Ukrainians lined up for food handouts in central Zurich on Saturday as wealthy Switzerland struggles to cope with the arrival of around 40,000 refugees since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.

The Guardian - AU

Refugee children want a future in Australia. So why are they excluded from universities?

Lack of visas mean even those who finish high school and win scholarships can find themselves barred from further studies

Wales Online

The Cardiff nursery offering free childcare to refugees and asylum seekers

Nestlings Nursery opened just months before the pandemic and are now offering free childcare for refugees and asylum seekers

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