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Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia
British Indian Ocean Territory commissioner’s appeal against decision last year rejected by judges in LondonAp…
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Judge finds UK unlawfully detained Tamils stranded on Diego Garcia
Government could face a huge bill for damages after keeping more than 60 asylum seekers in ‘hellish’ condition…
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Husband and wife to be forced apart by Home Office deportation flight
Man scheduled to depart for Pakistan on Tuesday, leaving wife in UK, but believes his life will be at riskA hu…
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Tamils arriving in UK after three years stranded on Diego Garcia speak of relief
Lawyers and campaigners hail removal of 47 people from remote Indian Ocean island as ‘a big day for justice’Do…
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Tamils stranded on Diego Garcia for three years allowed to enter UK
Government drops opposition to case of 64 people, including 16 children, who fled persecution in Sri LankaDoze…
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Family of man who died after being deported blame Home Office delays
Appeal allowed Sudharsan Ithayachandran to return to UK to be with his family, but he died in Sri Lanka while …
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Delays by Home Office risk return of vulnerable Afghan families to Taliban
Families of those who helped British forces could be deported from Pakistan despite promise to resettle them i…
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‘I wanted to end my life’: ‘Bookseller of Kabul’ rebuilds destroyed business
Shah Muhammad Rais was devastated when Taliban destroyed his shop, but now he is sending books to Afghanistan …
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Tamil refugees on Diego Garcia win fight against forcible return to Sri Lanka
British territory’s commissioner withdraws decision after supreme court challengeA group of Tamil asylum seeke…
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Female Afghan judge wins legal battle to come to UK
‘Overjoyed’ justice and son, who spent two years in hiding in Pakistan, reunited with family after landmark ca…
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UK secretly deported 100 Nepali guards who protected staff in Kabul
Exclusive: People who risked their lives and were evacuated to Britain were forcibly removed to Nepal days lat…
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Britain grants Tamil asylum seekers rescued at sea ‘safe-country’ move
Two people, from group rescued by Royal Navy and held on Diego Garcia, made offer while receiving medical atte…
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UK government urged to honour pledge to Afghan refugees’ families
Exclusive: Charities and activists call on PM to follow through on pledge to allow families to resettle in UK …
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Refugee wrongly labelled child murderer says decades of his life wasted
Mayooran Thangaratnam fled Sri Lanka for the UK in 2003 after brutal murder of his father but was repeatedly r…
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‘A hotel is not home’: Afghan families still wait for a place of their own in UK
Families who fled Taliban rule say they are grateful for the help they have received but long for a home where…