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Trading rights for efficiency: Why Bill C-12’s restrictive asylum measures will likely backfire

Almost a year ago, Canadian voters elected a government that promised a fundamental shift toward pragmatism. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mandate was clear: achieve sustainable immigration levels and ensure that “government itself must become much more productive … by focusing on results over spending.”

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Refugee detained by ICE missed vital chemo sessions and is now on his deathbed, family says

IN FOCUS: EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: A Laotian refugee whose family fled to America after the Vietnam War has just days to live after missing vital chemotherapy sessions while in ICE detention, his loved ones tell Rhian Lubin

The Independent UK

India Files More Asylum Claims in Canada Than War-Torn Countries — But Approval Rates Lag Far Behind

India filed 17,835 asylum claims in Canada in 2025, more than Iran, Ukraine and Afghanistan combined, with fewer than one in four approved.

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MEPs back plans for ‘return hubs’, raising fears of ‘human rights black holes’

European parliament votes in favour of sending refused asylum seekers to offshore hubs, in ‘historic setback for refugee rights’

The Guardian - UK

Iran war impact on civilians 'profound,' UNHCR chief tells Euronews

The impact for civilians across the region is "profound" and poses a "terrible humanitarian challenge," UN refugee agency chief Barham Salih told Euronews' morning show Europe Today.

Euronews

‘Was that an earthquake?’ Italy’s great psychogeographer tackles the Vesuvius-haunted Naples tourists seldom see

His films about Rome’s ringroad and the islanders and refugees of Lampedusa have won awards. Now Gianfranco Rosi is completing his trilogy, capturing a Naples ‘that is not immediately there’

The Guardian - UK

Chad relocates refugees amid rising tensions at border with Sudan

Chad has begun the emergency relocation of refugees from its border with Sudan as the army prepares to deploy to the area in response to cross-border attacks, an official from the country's refugee agency said on Monday.

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Double standard claim as refugees plead for urgent help

Refugees are calling for fair treatment, welcoming a decision to grant Iranian women footballers asylum immediately but questioning why they're being ignored.

AAP

‘I lost hope in humanity, but I now call myself human’: what refugees told us about settling in regional Australia

While most Australians embrace multiculturalism, migration remains a contentious topic in Australia. Negative opinions, often unsubstantiated, are regularly aired in public debate.

The Conversation

Iranian regime sends text messages to civilians threatening they would be executed: Report

The Iranian regime is sending messages to civilians, who they believe have an affiliation with "hostile" foreign media, threatening them with the most severe punishment, NewsNation reported, citing a message that was sent to an Iranian refugee from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The Times of India

Parents Struggle to Reclaim Children After Deportation Due to Documentation Hurdles, Report Finds

A new report by the Women's Refugee Commission and Physicians for Human Rights has found that deported parents face significant obstacles in reuniting with their children, often due to documentation requirements and procedural failures by immigration authorities.

Latin Times

How the Trump administration is undermining legal immigrants

The US has been targeting not only people who have violated the law but many who are in the country legally

The Guardian - US

Secretive deal leaves deportees from the US stuck in Equatorial Guinea with 'no more hope'

Accounts are emerging from people deported from the U.S. to the African petrostate of Equatorial Guinea in a multi-million-dollar, third-country deal with the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Political tug of war over Iranian women's soccer team prompts criticism in Australia

The United States and Australia’s political tug of war against Iran over the fates of seven members of the Iranian women’s soccer squad who were torn in between appears to have ended

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‘I want to know why he died’: Afghan father’s death in ICE custody leaves 12-year-old son seeking answers

Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal, a 41-year-old Afghan refugee and father of six, died less than a day after being taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in North Texas.

The Independent UK

Rwanda seeks 100 million pounds from the UK in arbitration over scrapped refugee deal

Rwanda has told a panel of international arbitrators that Britain still owes it 100 million pounds ($115 million) under a controversial refugee resettlement deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped immediately after taking office in 2024

The Guardian - UK

UK religious leaders urge Mahmood to ‘slow down and rethink’ refugee plans

Cutting period of protection from five years to 30 months is a risk to social cohesion, say bishops, rabbis and imam

The Independent UK

5th member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia

The Australian government says a fifth member of the Iranian women’s soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country

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The Independent UK

Another 3 members of Iran's women's soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees

Australia's government says another three members of Iran's women’s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland

The Independent UK

Iranians grapple with whether to flee the country because of the war

Iranians are having to make hard choices about whether to flee for safer locales during the war

The Guardian - UK

Rabbi vows to defy far-right harassment of Jewish-based refugee support work

Synagogues and groups helping displaced people are coming up against hostility driven by conspiracy theories

The Conversation

The UN is turning refugees into carbon offset workers

Climate change and related disasters are driving millions from their homes. Now, a new UN initiative aims to put these very refugees to work offsetting the emissions of the world’s biggest producers.

The Conversation

Legal refugees now face long detention after DHS reinterprets law on applying for a green card after a year

The Department of Homeland Security issued a policy memo in February 2026 that could lead to the detention of refugees who are legally in the country.

Evening Standard

Luisa Zissman drinks cocktails with Carrie Johnson after escaping Dubai: 'I'm in my refugee era'

The former Apprentice contestant caught up with close friends including Johnson as well as Anna Williamson and Lucie Cave in London

The Independent UK

UK aid spending lacks clear priorities and often isn’t value for money, watchdog warns

Aid spent on supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK – up to a fifth of the total budget – diverts funding away from the government’s overseas priorities, according to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact

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