カテゴリー: Migration
Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor tells MPs proposed legislation could end up punishing those fleeing Taliban if travelling by illegal routesThe UN’s refugee chief in London has said the introduction of the new nationality and borders bill could criminalise Afgha…
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After her flight from the Taliban, blind activist Benafsha Yaqoobi says fellow vulnerable compatriots are in dangerWorld leaders must act to protect disabled Afghans who are in immediate danger under Taliban rule, a prominent blind human rights activis…
Despite revulsion at the Auckland attacker, New Zealanders have the capacity to recognise that we all have a complex identity I took some old, blunt kitchen knives to a second-hand shop a few months ago while decluttering. They politely declined the i…
Athens calls for a united response, as refugees already in Lesbos hope their asylum claims will now be reconsideredGreek officials have said that Greece will not become a “gateway” to Europe for Afghan asylum seekers and have called for a united respon…
Surveillance system also installed at fence bordering Turkey as Greek ministers vow to turn back refugeesGreece said it has completed a 25-mile (40km) wall on its border with Turkey and installed a new surveillance system to prevent possible asylum see…
Scott Morrison says the 3,000 humanitarian intake places now allotted is ‘a floor not a ceiling’ and the overall program could expand to ‘achieve more’Australia may expand its humanitarian migration intake to accept more Afghan refugees fleeing the Tal…
French president draws criticism for saying country must ‘protect itself from a wave of migrants’ Emmanuel Macron has been accused of pandering to the far right after he said France should have a robust plan to “anticipate and protect itself from a wav…
We must not repeat the mistakes of the Windrush era, say clergyThe Church of England must not repeat its lack of welcome to the Windrush generation when thousands of Hong Kong Chinese people move to the UK in what could be the largest planned migration…
Exclusive: Hazara man faces potential deportation after home affairs told him a document it asked him to obtain for his citizenship application could not be verifiedA permanent resident of Australia – an Afghan refugee who has lived in Brisbane for a d…
As the conflict intensifies amid the withdrawal of US-led forces, a new wave of families are being forced to flee via perilous routes to Iran and TurkeyA weary Zebah Gul and her eight children are gathered quietly in a small room at a transit centre in…
‘Catastrophic’ year at Spanish borders with 2,087 dead or missing on sea crossings in six months to JuneSpain is facing an unprecedented and “catastrophic” year on its borders, says a leading NGO which estimates that more than 2,000 people died or disa…
Judge says Gaiyathiri Murugayan was mentally ill but understood what she was doing in abusing Piang Ngaih Don from MyanmarSingapore’s high court has sentenced a woman to 30 years in prison for killing her Burmese maid after more than a year of abuse th…
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In One Thousand Dreams, award-winning photographer Robin Hammond hands the camera to refugees. Often reduced by the media’s toxic or well-meaning narratives, the portraits and interviews capture a different and more complex tale‘Never stop dreaming’: r…