Refugees
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At least 140 migrants bound for Europe have drowned off the coast of Senegal, the UN says
At least 140 Europe-bound migrants drowned off the coast of Senegal when their boat caught fire and capsized, marking the…
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Australia must do more to ensure Myanmar is preventing genocide against the Rohingya
Since then, Amnesty International has questioned whether Myanmar has been fully transparent in its reporting on its compliance with the…
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Four Kurdish-Iranians who died while crossing the Channel were part of the same family
Four people who died when their boat capsized as they tried to cross the English Channel from France to Britain…
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Ibrahim Omer spent five years in a refugee camp.
With shoot-to-kill orders in place at the border in Eritrea, Ibrahim Omer had a tough choice to make when he…
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From Bangladesh to Bomana prison: The seven-year ordeal of an asylum seeker named Spicy
Papua New Guinea deported him. Steven Trask SBS News Then he returned… From Bangladesh to…
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Britain urged not to copy Australia’s ‘morally abominable’ offshore asylum system
Britain should not copy Australia’s “morally abominable” off-shore asylum system under any circumstances with ideas such as sending migrants to…
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New EU migration pact driven by political compromise, not humanitarianism
Brought forward by a week, the timing seems an attempt to pacify the outrage over the devastating fire at the…
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Judge accuses Immigration Minister Alan Tudge of criminal conduct in immigration case
The scathing critique of Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge is the latest in a number of judgments on the issue…
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How Orbán broke the EU — and got away with it
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Lili Bayer Politico As it grew over the decades, the European Union took…
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Sri Lankan refugee detained by Australia for 11 years despite government ruling he’s owed protection
A refugee who fled a brutal civil war in his homeland and who Australia has agreed it must protect, has…
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Italy’s blockade of migrant rescue ship ‘putting human lives at risk’, aid groups say
Aid groups have accused Italian authorities of blocking migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 from leaving port and resuming its emergency…
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Home Office plans to evict thousands of refused asylum seekers
Thousands of asylum seekers currently accommodated in hotels are facing removal from the UK, the Home Office has announced. Diane…
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Asylum seeker stuck in the buffer zone
Omid Tootian, persecuted in his own country for his anti-regime songs, arrived in the north of the island from Turkey…
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Fire destroys Moria refugee camp: another tragic wake-up call for the EU’s asylum policy
Around 13,000 people – including those from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and west Africa – lived at the Moria Reception and…
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Thousands of asylum seekers spend another night on the streets as fallout from Greek camp fire continues
Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos faced a third night in the open after the country’s…
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George Bizos, Anti-Apartheid Lawyer Who Defended Mandela, Dies at 92
George Bizos, who fled the Nazi occupation of his native Greece at age 13 to become one of South Africa’s…
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