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Friday, Sep 6

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Brave words, Yvette Cooper – but refugees like me know Britain can’t stop people traffickers

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The small-boats ‘summit’ is doomed – there will be smugglers as long as there are people as desperate as I was

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'Economic refugees' flee from New Zealand as cost-of-living crisis deepens

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The economy is going to "get worse before it gets better," said Shamubeel Eaqub, principal economist at the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

Thursday, Sep 5

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Plan to use former Red Arrows base to house refugees scrapped as poor value for money

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RAF Scrampton, which was also the home of the Dambusters, will instead be sold after the Home Office scrapped Tory plans to house asylum seekers at the base

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George W. Bush Institute hosts North Korean refugees for 3rd annual North Korean Human Rights Workshop

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At the George W. Bush Institute on Wednesday, morning coffee came with a wake-up call. “We are talking about human rights,” Ambassador Julie Turner told those gathered around tables, some of whom escaped from North Korea. “Many of you had…

Wednesday, Sep 4

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Inside controversial 'container village' where refugees will live next to homeless Brits

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The site, on the former Eagleswell School site in Lantwit Major, South Wales, has caused controversy among locals who said the Vale of Glamorgan Council has misled them and placed the structures overlooking their homes and gardens.

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Kakuma: Refugees attend convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses

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There was an attendance of over 50,000 people in Kenya throughout the weekend.

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Ukrainian refugees will ‘always be welcome’ in Ireland, Taoiseach says

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Simon Harris and Volodymyr Zelenskiy discuss toughening sanctions on Russia during Kyiv meeting

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Lebanon and Cyprus used EU funds to violate refugees’ human rights – report

Rights groups have frequently criticised the tactics of authorities in both Lebanon and Cyprus in dealing with would-be migrants and asylum seekers.

Lebanon and Cyprus used EU funds to violate refugees’ human rights – report

Rights groups have frequently criticised the tactics of authorities in both Lebanon and Cyprus in dealing with would-be migrants and asylum seekers.

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Rights group alleges Lebanon and Cyprus violated refugees' human rights and EU funds paid for it

A global watchdog report says European Union aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights

Rights group alleges Lebanon and Cyprus violated refugees’ human rights and EU funds paid for it

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Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A global watchdog report says European Union aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights. Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday…

Tuesday, Sep 3

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7 years after genocide, plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is exacerbated by camp violence

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Hundreds of thousands of minority Muslims fled Myanmar in 2017 amid a government crackdown. Seven years on, they remain in refugee camps.

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Pakistan, US discuss protection of Afghan refugees, asylum seekers

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Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome on Tuesday discussed the protection of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in Pakistan amid several other bilateral issues during a meeting in Islamabad, a…

Monday, Sep 2

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Home Office officials should not want to look after refugees, Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch says

Outlining her plans to ‘rewire the whole system’, the Tory leadership contender lashed out at Home Office staff who she claimed were ineffective at managing Britain’s borders because ‘it’s not what they came in to do’

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‘If the system worked for refugees no one would risk their life like this’: A Syrian writer’s journey to Europe

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Yusuf was among 73 people taken on board the Médecins Sans Frontières Geo Barents ship off Libya

Sunday, Sep 1

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India News | J-K: West Pakistani Refugees Celebrate Voting Rights After Abrogation of Articles 370, 35(A)

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Notably, this is the first assembly election in the erstwhile state following the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35(A).

Saturday, Aug 31

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‘Families Like Ours’ Director Thomas Vinterberg On His Apocalyptic Series: “I Started Thinking, What Would Happen If We Became The Refugees?”

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While the issue of refugees and economic migrants continues to dominate world headlines, Denmark’s Thomas Vinterberg has found an ingenious way to turn the situation on its head. With his seven-part series Families Like Ours, Vinterberg…

Friday, Aug 30

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Afghanistan is a US election issue. Will its refugees’ voices be heard?

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On the third anniversary of the US troop withdrawal, advocates push candidates for legal pathways for Afghan refugees.

Thursday, Aug 29

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Germany to cut benefits for refugees facing deportation

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Measures, which include a ban on knives at public events, follow outrage over terror attack in western city last week