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Ethiopian soldiers seek asylum in Sudan, fear returning home due to Tigrayan ethnicity

Up to 550 Ethiopian peacekeepers working in Sudan have sought asylum rather than return home for fear they will be persecuted due to their Tigrayan ethnicity, an official with direct knowledge of the plan said on Tuesday.

Reuters

More than 8 million refugees to flee Ukraine this year, UN estimates

UNHCR says ‘scale of crisis’ is unparalleled in recent times with 5 million Ukrainians having fled abroad

The Independent UK

KSrelief Signs Agreements to Offer Medical, Shelter Assistance for Ukrainian Refugees in Neighboring Countries

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed on Monday two cooperation agreements with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNHCR to offer medical and shelter assistance for Ukrainian refugees in neighboring countries, mainly Poland, reported the Saudi Press Agency. KSrelief Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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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

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.

Al Jazeera

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

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

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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.

Reuters

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

The Independent UK

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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.

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

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

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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.

The Independent UK

UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda despite granting protection to dozens fleeing nation in past decade

Expert warns of immediate concern those being sent to African country could face similar threats to those who have fled in recent years

Al Jazeera

UK should stop single men hosting Ukrainian refugee women: UN

UNHCR raises alarm as investigation reveals how single men proposed sharing beds with vulnerable women fleeing war.

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