All news on the topic: Refugees

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Jewish refugee who escaped Nazis during WWII meets Ukrainian exiles in UK
To mark the 85th anniversary of the mission to rescue Jewish children from Nazism, one woman saved by the scheme met for an emotional embrace with another family forced to flee to the UK from Ukraine
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Rishi Sunak announces emergency laws to send migrants to Rwanda
The Prime Minister used a Downing Street press conference to announce plans for emergency legislation in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that the Rwanda plan is unlawful
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Exact date when a UK cap on refugee numbers comes into force
The Home Office wants an annual quota agreed with councils for the number of refugees coming legally - but the move will do nothing to tackle small boats' Channel crossings
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Inside Mirror's most iconic images showing the contribution of migrants to UK
Conference-goers and the general public were able to visit 35 portraits at the Museum of Liverpool from our People Move Instagram project to celebrate 100 extraordinary people
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Asylum lawyers threatened with acid attacks and pet killings by far-right thugs
Lawyer James Elliott read out a chilling letter received by his office which threatened to "deal with" those who assist asylum seekers - saying someone will be killed if politicians don't dial down hate speech
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Sunak hails deals with three European countries to tackle Channel migrant crisis
The Prime Minister spoke out after attending a meeting of the European Political Community in Granada, Spain, where leaders discussed tackling people smuggling gangs
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'The UK once led the way on aiding refugees - we must help to keep people safe'
The refugee convention exists for a reason – to keep these people safe, and it’s rooted in a belief that there is a shared humanity with a shared set of rights
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Being gay or a woman not enough to qualify for asylum, warns Suella Braverman
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has flown to the US to give a speech on rewriting international human rights rules as thousands of desperate people make dangerous Channel crossings
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Huge £50K reward in bid to find missing mum's body so 'daughter gets answers'
Hadir Al-Enezi vanished after arriving in the UK in 2018 - and police have revealed a devastating hypothesis that she was murdered in a targeted attack. Anyone with information which leads police to the body will now receive a £50,000 reward
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Tories accused of having 'blood on hands' after six migrants die in Channel
Today's Channel tragedy, which claimed the lives of at least six people, comes just hours after the plan to house asylum seekers on a barge turned into a fiasco
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'Refugees fleeing to UK are desperate - deaths show stopping boats is urgent'
Populist gimmicks, such as sending asylum seekers to Rwanda or on to the Bibby ­Stockholm barge in Dorset, if either ever get off the ground, are not the way to tackle the crisis
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Asylum seekers being kept waiting over two hours on 24-hour Migrant Help hotline
The 24-hour Migrant Help hotline was handed £17million last year to support refugees, but asylum seekers face lengthy delays to speak to an advisor and calls often get cut off
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Six people die and dozens rescued after boat carrying migrants sinks in Channel
A rescue operation involving five French ships, one helicopter and two British ships was launched this morning after a migrant boat sank in the English Channel off the coast of Northern France
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Sunak stand-in blasted for 'childish' attack on firefighters over migrant barge
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden lashed out at the Fire Brigades Union after it raised safety fears about the Bibby Stockholm, currently moored on the Isle of Portland
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Chef who fled Syria cooked for 400 refugees with hotplate on Calais church steps
Imad Alarnab, 45, left his wife and kids behind in Syria to seek asylum in the UK and found himself cooking for up to 400 people at a time at a Calais camp known as The Jungle
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'UK mustn't lock up child refugees like I was when I arrived on my own' plea
Ali Ghaderi has told MPs that children should not be punished and put in "prison" for seeking safety, and warned of the psychological toll detaining youngsters indefinitely will have if the Government gets its way
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Refugees found at sea in 15-day search for boats missing with 300 on board
A boat with around 200 people on has been found more than 80 miles south of Gran Canaria, according the Spanish Maritime Rescue Service
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Migrant boats with 300 people have been missing for 15 days near Canary Islands
A Spanish aid group has said at least 300 people travelling in three boats from Senegal to Spain are missing and has slammed the search response as being inadequate
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New anger at Tory deportation plan as refugees fear war could hit Rwanda
A Syrian refugee living in a Nottingham hotel and facing deportation to Rwanda said he would rather die than take his wife and daughter to the country in East Africa
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Mystery of three young girls who fled Nazis is finally solved after 84 years
Taken at London’s Liverpool Street station and first published in The News Chronicle in 1939, it captures the Jewish youngsters on a life-changing journey as they fled Nazi Germany
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Afghans who fled to Britain risk homelessness due to UK housing crisis
The warning comes from the Local Government Association as it prepares for its annual conference in Bournemouth, and as the UK is gripped by an 'acute' housing shortage
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Children to protest against Illegal Migration Bill which could detain kids
Youngsters are expected to write goodwill messages on giant teddies as campaigners step up their crusade to axe a key measure from the flagshp legislation
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Refugee embraces 'sense of stability' as UK gives hope and relief from suffering
Speaking to Mirror to mark the end of Refugee Week, mum-of-two Kana Josée, born in Rwanda, praised how "welcoming and warm" the UK has been since she fled domestic violence
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Refugee who arrived on dinghy aged 4 crowned beauty queen with message for women
Franceska Murati fled Kosovo with her family and settled in London, where she has overcome years of bullying at school and found the confidence to become a beauty queen
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Mirror celebrates refugees fleeing war and famine for new life of hope in UK
More than 200 special guests gathered together for the opening of The Mirror’s People Move exhibition tonight, as part of a series of events to make the start of Refugee Week 2023