All news on the topic: Refugees
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Afghan boxer charged with murder of British woman whose body was found in suitcase in Athens
The Afghan man arrested over the murder of a British woman in Athens is a champion boxer who ran a refugee charity in the Greek capital.
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Thousands of migrants overwhelm Ceuta after mass crossing from Morocco
The human tide crossing the border transformed the Spanish exclave city in a matter of hours, turning it into a scene of confusion that authorities struggled to control
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UK Home Office accused of blocking Gaza family evacuations despite Foreign Office backing
The Home Office is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza, despite the Foreign Office saying it is ready to get people out of the war-torn region.
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UK faces legal challenge over asylum hotel closures after vulnerable families moved
Huda and her two children aged 10 and 12 had been living in two rooms in a London hotel for six months when they were told with just a few days’ notice they would be moved.
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Thousands of charity workers in England and Wales face threats and intimidation, survey finds
Staff at thousands of charities across England and Wales are believed to have been threatened and intimidated in person, according to troubling new research.
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Death threats and abuse follow false claims about refugee charity’s school programme
“You won’t last long when this ends…We know where you are, we know who works for you and we are watching every step you take. Step out of line again and watch what happens.”
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Plans to house 83 asylum seekers in new homes spark backlash in Shropshire village
A total of 83 asylum seekers are to be moved into £250,000 homes on an estate dubbed “Migrant Street”.
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UK to open new refugee routes while tightening deportation rules under asylum overhaul
The Home Secretary has pledged to save the asylum system “for generations to come” as she announced the opening of new safe routes for refugees from the autumn.
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Seven Afghan migrants charged with rape and child sex abuse in Norwich grooming gang case
Seven Afghan men who were part of an alleged grooming gang have been charged with 40 sexual offences including rape and child sex abuse.
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Kemi Badenoch urges deportation of Southport killer’s parents if no criminal charges follow inquiry findings
Kemi Badenoch has called for the parents of the Southport killer to be deported if they fail to face criminal action.
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Deadly Channel crossing: four dead as migrant ‘taxi-boat’ sinks off French coast
French authorities say the situation is still being assessed after a ‘taxi-boat’ sank between France and the UK.
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Crime-as-a-Service network run by brothers Vladlen and Hennadiy Hirin laundered tens of millions across Europe and cryptocurrency channels
As part of the international operation codenamed YUZUK, conducted by local police in collaboration with Europol.
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Shabana Mahmood reveals racists tell her to “go back home” and call her a "f***ing Р***" amid asylum reform clash
Shabana Mahmood told MPs she is regularly targeted by racists who tell her to ‘go back home’ and call her a ‘f***ing P***’.
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Shabana Mahmood to tighten asylum rules with shift to temporary refugee protection
Individuals who are granted asylum in the UK will be allowed to stay only temporarily, according to a policy change that the home secretary is expected to announce next week.
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Trump administration to admit just 7,500 refugees next year, mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is going to restrict the number of refugees it admits into the United States next year to the token level of just 7,500 – and those spots will mostly be filled by white South Africans.
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Syrian refugee sentenced to life for 2024 Solingen stabbing attack
A Syrian man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2024 stabbing attack in Western Germany in which three people were killed and 10 others injured.
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Horror at US station: Homeless man kills 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who fled Putin’s war
This is the initial image of a Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed at a train station in the US.
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Clashes erupt at migrant hotels as 30 anti-immigration protests sweep UK
Protesters are clashing with police outside of migrant hotels up and down the UK with with more than 30 demonstrations this weekend.
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Transfers through Birmingham and ghost boat rides: how the Kurdish mafia smuggles people to Britain’s shores
A BBC investigation has exposed the French and UK operations of a powerful and violent smuggling gang taking people across the English Channel in small boats.
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Unrest in Essex: anti-migrant protests escalate into attacks on police
Two people were arrested after a so-called "anti-migration" march in Epping, Essex, descended into violence on Thursday.
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Indian authorities threw dozens of refugees into the sea with life jackets — UN
UN accuses India of abandoning Rohingya refugees at sea — calls actions “outrageous” and life-threatening
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Syrian refugee, 16, stabbed to death in Huddersfield after escaping war-torn Syria
A 16-year-old boy who died after being stabbed in the neck has been identified as a Syrian refugee who was starting a new life in the UK after being injured in a bombing.
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Proposed amendment to British citizenship regulations encounters initial legal challenge
A young Afghan refugee files a case after a decision to block citizenship for those who arrived via a ’dangerous journey’.
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UK Home Office halts asylum claims, leaving thousands of Syrians in limbo
Two months after the fall of Assad’s regime, Whitehall’s decision to pause asylum applications from Syrians has left more than 6,600 cases stuck on hold in the UK.
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Bulgarian police ’hindered rescue’ of teenage migrants who succumbed to freezing temperatures
Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activists’ efforts to save them.
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