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UN expects over 8 million Ukrainians to flee as refugees

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations warned Tuesday that more than eight million Ukrainians could flee as refugees this year and doubled its aid appeal for those stuck inside the war-ravaged country.

AFP

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

UN chief embarks on Moscow trip amid criticism

Three months into Russian invasion of Ukraine, UN agencies are struggling to reach civilians under siege in the east.

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Lebanon rescue teams search for migrant boat disaster survivors

Tripoli (Lebanon) (AFP) - Lebanese rescue teams searched the Mediterranean for survivors Monday after an overloaded people-smuggling boat capsized while being pursued by naval forces, with dozens unaccounted for still missing at sea.

AFP

Almost 5.2 million Ukrainians flee war: UN

Geneva (AFP) - The number of Ukrainians who have fled the country since Russia's invasion two months ago is approaching 5.2 million, the UN refugee agency said Sunday.

AFP

Nearly 5.2 million Ukrainians flee war: UN

Geneva (AFP) - The number of Ukrainians who have fled the country since Russia's invasion is approaching 5.2 million, the UN refugee agency said Saturday.

AFP

Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters third month

Russia heads into the third month of its invasion of Ukraine on Sunday with no end in sight to fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble.

Reuters

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UN refugee agency ‘shocked’ at Rohingya deaths in Malaysia escape

Six people, including two children, were killed trying to cross a highway after hundreds fled a detention centre.

Al Jazeera

India allows Japan to pick up aid using commercial plane

Ministry of External Affairs however said one aircraft of Japan’s Self–Defence Forces has been given overflight permission.

The Hindu

More than five million people have now fled Ukraine, according to the UN

More than five million Ukrainians have fled the war-torn country since Russia invaded on February 24, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Government vows to jail asylum seekers for steering dinghies across English Channel despite UN warning

UN Refugee Agency says asylum seekers who steer dinghies for no financial gain ‘are not smugglers and should not be prosecuted as such’

The Independent UK

Five million people have now fled Ukraine

More than seven million people have been displaced within the war-torn country

Manchester Evening News

Ukraine war refugees top 5 million as assault intensifies

The U.N. refugee agency says more than 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded the country

The Independent UK

Number of refugees fleeing Ukraine war tops 5 million-UN agency

The number of people fleeing Ukraine to escape Russia's invasion has passed 5 million in Europe's worst refugee crisis since the end of World War Two, U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

English Channel crossings: The proposed solutions Priti Patel was offered before striking Rwanda deal

Priti Patel accused critics of failing to ‘offer solutions’ but ministers have rebuffed numerous official recommendations since 2019

Al Jazeera

US officials attend migration summit while policies under fire

High-level meetings are being held in Panama as rights advocates say risks for migrants exacerbated by US border push.

AFP

Nearly five million Ukrainians flee war

Geneva (AFP) - Nearly five million Ukrainians have fled the war since Russia's invasion, the United Nations said Tuesday, sounding alarm at the rapid exodus and voicing concern that the situation may worsen.

The Independent UK

‘Immoral trade in human beings’: UK slammed for deporting asylum seekers in return for Rwanda refugees

Ministers also criticised for planning to send modern slavery victims to east African country despite condemning its failure to support trafficked people only last year

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The Independent UK

Spanish village changes its name to Ukraine in show of solidarity

Streets in Fuentes de Andalucia have also been renamed City of Kyiv, Odesa and Mariupol

The Guardian - US

Turns out an awful lot of US politicians see no problem with kids going hungry

Last year the US government lifted millions of children out of poverty when it expanded the Child Tax Credit – and then the policy was simply chucked away

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel could face Home Office mutiny over Rwanda asylum plan

Unions say civil servants could stage mass walkouts after home secretary overruled their concerns

The Independent UK

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan breaches international law, says UN refugee agency

The UNHCR ‘strongly condemns’ policy of sending migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully more than 4,000 miles to Africa

The Guardian - UK

UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable

The Independent UK

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan policy against international law, says UN

The UNHCR said it ‘strongly condemns’ the plan to send migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully, to Africa.

Radio France Internationale

UN, rights groups alarmed over British refugee deal with Rwanda

The UNHCR and human rights groups have voiced their opposition to a deal signed bewteen London and Kigali that would see thousands of illegal migrants in the UK resettled in Rwanda, or returned to their country of origin.

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