Malign states are ‘weaponising’ illegal migration by ‘deliberately driving people to the shores of Britain’, Rishi Sunak has warned. And in some of his toughest language to date, the Prime Minister warned the UK would be “overwhelmed” without urgent action to tackle the problem. Mr Sunak made his remarks during […]
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Government hopes that asylum seekers who use small boats to land in the UK could be sent to Rwanda were dealt a blow after the Supreme Court raised doubts over the East African country’s ability to honour international laws. PM Rishi Sunak has subsequently proposed sending British lawyers to sit […]
People fleeing Sudan’s West Darfur for Chad Violence came as paramilitary RSF took over army base Military factions at war since April Darfur attacks have caused mass displacement ADRE, Chad, Nov 7 (Reuters) – People fleeing to Chad have reported a new surge in ethnically-driven killings in Sudan’s West Darfur […]
Oct. 25—Yana and Kyrylo Kish, from Mariupol, Ukraine, arrived at the front doors to Spokane’s Thrive International last weekend. “This doesn’t feel like a dormitory, hotel or other temporary housing,” Yana Kish said through a translator. “We feel like we walked into a home.” The two arrived in Palm Coast, […]
A blueprint setting out how Britain could provide refuge to thousands of Palestinians from Gaza has been drawn up by a coalition of charities and groups. Organisations including the Refugee Council, Safe Passage International, Doctors of the World, Helen Bamber Foundation and City of Sanctuary have raised concerns about the […]
The following is a transcript of an interview with Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, that aired on Oct. 22, 2023. MARGARET BRENNAN: Philippe Lazzarini is the Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees. The U.S. […]
The UN has since established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), but the agency only provides aid, not resettlement, according to the UNRWA web site. Palestinians who do find their way to the U.S. as refugees may be coming from other […]
A Palestinian mother looking to escape the Israeli siege on Gaza has highlighted the suffering of ordinary civilians who did not choose to go to war but are nonetheless trapped by one. Nihal, 33, has already fled from the northern part of the Palestinian enclave along with thousands of others […]