All news on the topic: Refugees

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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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11-year-old girl rescued off Italian coast after three days clinging to tire tubes
Girl from Sierra Leone is only person rescued after shipwreck that is feared to have killed more than 40 people
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City council leader suspended over ‘sexual messages sent to Ukrainian refugees’
A senior Labour politician has been suspended by the party following reports he bombarded Ukrainian refugees with sexually inappropriate messages on dating apps.
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Home Office trial extends refugees’ time to find housing before eviction by double
Charities and politicians praise increase to 56 days but press for move to be made permanent
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Hundreds arrested in Northern Ireland during crackdown on people smugglers
Gangs charging €8,000 for illegal travel packages that avoid crossing Channel on small boats
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Tommy Robinson jailed for 18 months after admitting lies about refugee
Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to showing a defamatory video of a Syrian refugee during a protest last year.
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Baby dies after boat capsizes during attempted Channel crossing, rescue efforts underway
French authorities say 65 people rescued after overloaded boat sinks off coast of Wissant
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Croatian police accused of burning asylum seekers’ phones and passports
Photos of burnt belongings – including documents needed to apply for asylum – are the latest alleged evidence of brutality on EU borders
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Nine dead and 48 missing after migrant boat sinks off Canary Islands
Rescue services say they saved 27 of the 84 people aboard the vessel believed to have come from Mauritania
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UK must curb rise in racist hate speech by politicians and public figures, UN says
Review also highlights racial profiling in police practices, and failure to address legacies of colonialism and slavery
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No country for Tajiks: How the EU extradites refugees to Emomali Rahmon’s dictatorship over false accusations of links to ISIS
Belgian authorities are expected to make a decision soon regarding the extradition of Sitoramo Ibrohimova, a refugee from Tajikistan.
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Two people die attempting to cross Channel in dinghy
Fifty-three people were rescued by helicopter on Sunday morning, French authorities have said
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Spanish journalist or Russian spy? The mystery of Pablo González’s double life
Among the Russians freed in this week’s historic exchange of prisoners between Russia and the West was a Russian-born freelance journalist from Spain who had been based in Poland since 2019
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Failed Rwanda deportation scheme cost £700m, says Yvette Cooper
Home secretary describes Tory policy that Labour has axed as ‘the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen’
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UK government urged to create ‘safe and legal’ asylum route as poll shows public support
Survey finds support for proposal that would allow in up to 40,000 a year with strong asylum claims and ties to Britain
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During a wild rally speech, Trump claims London is "unrecognizable" and has "opened its door to jihad"
Donald Trump has claimed that London is “unrecognisable” because it has “opened its doors to jihad” in a bizarre rally speech.
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Pride of Britain Award winner says she 'had to make my life one worth saving'
Pride of Britain Award winner Dame Stephanie Shirley has spent her life fighting prejudice, as well as educating and inspiring others after she came to the UK on Kindertransport as a Jewish refugee
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Pain of Ukrainians on 2-year anniversary as many lose hope they'll ever return
Two years on since war broke out between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainians helping refugees here in the UK say many face uncertainty whether they can ever return home
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Ukrainians who fled to UK will be allowed to stay for 18 months longer
Two thirds of refugees surveyed in September said the looming deadline had hampered their ability to find work. And 90% said they felt “unsettled” because of the time limit
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Ukrainian mum flees to UK after soldier points machine gun at her son
Mum Daria Sezonenka, 32, fled her home city of Kherson in Ukraine with her six-year-old son and has settled in the UK thanks to the Homes for Ukraine Programme
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Meet the refugee teens using their pain to help lost children
The three youngsters, who created an app that could support unaccompanied refugee children, have been rewarded been awarded the world’s most prestigious youth prize - The International ­Children’s Peace Prize
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Rwanda opposition leader urges UK to ditch £240m migrant deal amid fears
A dissident in Rwanda who spent eight years in prison for challenging the regime has raised alarm about the money the UK is sending to the country in an attempt to get its migrant deal underway
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'Refugees just seek normality and safety - I did when I fled civil war for UK'
Twenty-four years ago Sabir Zazai arrived to Britain in the back of a lorry after an arduous journey from war-torn Afghanistan - now the refugee champion hopes to keep the spirit of sanctuary alive