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Clearing the UK’s asylum backlog has led to rising refugee homelessness

New figures show the number of small boat arrivals to the UK in 2024 was up 25% on the previous year. While public attention remains on how people get to the UK, less discussed is what happens to them once they arrive and are later granted refugee status. The reality…

The Conversation · Jan 6, 2025

Two boats with more than 260 Rohingya refugees arrives in Indonesia's coast

More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025

Biden Strengthened the Refugee Resettlement System. Will Trump Undo It?

Refugee resettlements last year hit a 30-year high, but that progress is fragile.

Reason · Jan 5, 2025

‘A look into the future’: TV drama about Danish climate refugees divides opinion

Families Like Ours has become national talking point but some scientists say events depicted could not happen

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025

Friday briefing: Why Keir Starmer hopes this is the year to end the Channel crossing crisis

In today’s newsletter: The government’s new interim order could bring some criminals to justice, but may not stop desperate people putting their lives at risk to cross the Channel

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025

Elon Musk Calls For Release Of Far Right Activist Tommy Robinson

Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in jail in October in connection to a libel case brought against him by a Syrian refugee schoolboy.

International Business Times · Jan 2, 2025

Refugee Council urges UK to introduce special visas in effort to stop deaths in the Channel

Record number of deaths in 2024 leads to call for safe and legal routes for people to travel to UK to stop them resorting to smugglers

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025

Threadbare facilities, high mortality, cats in the corridors: the realities of life for new Rohingya mothers in Cox’s Bazar

In the world’s largest refugee site, high mortality, child kidnapping and a lack of healthcare make the journey to motherhood a perilous one

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025

Afghan Refugees Suffer 'Like Prisoners' In Pakistan Crackdown

The space in which refugee Shaharzad has to live has shrunk to the small courtyard of a guesthouse in Pakistan's capital, reminiscent of her life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

International Business Times · Jan 2, 2025

Government must say how many die attempting small boat crossings – charity

Research by the Refugee Council suggested that more migrants died in the Channel in 2024 than in the previous three years combined.

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025