Refugees
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian immigration and asylum, Australian politics, Migration, Nauru, Pacific islands, Refugees
Asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person
The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they ca…
- Bhutan, Pennsylvania, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, US politics
A US haven for refugees was divided over Trump – now immigration crackdown has left a ‘community breaking’
Pennsylvania hosts one of the largest clusters of Bhutanese refugees in the US. Families are unsettled as Trum…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Boko Haram, Children, Conflict and arms, Europe, Forced marriage, Global development, Global education, Israel, Lebanon, Mali, Middle East and North Africa, Niger, Nigeria, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Ukraine, World news
Airstrikes, banditry, drones and a ban on girls’ education: four teachers on educating students amid conflict
Educators working in extremely challenging conditions in Lebanon, Niger, Ukraine and Afghanistan explain what …
- Afghanistan, Gender, Global development, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Jobless, homeless and helpless without a man: Afghan women expelled by Iran into hands of the Taliban
Those who fled Afghanistan fearing gender apartheid have been forced back to live in a society in which, witho…
- Afghanistan, Immigration and asylum, Injunctions, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Superinjunctions, Tajikistan, Taliban, UK news, World news
The Guardian view on the other Afghan scandal: countries are forcing refugees back to Taliban rule | Editorial
The British government’s secret scheme to bring those at risk to the UK has dominated headlines, but, worldwid…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women under the Taliban, World news
‘They threw us out like garbage’: Iran rushes deportation of 4 million Afghans before deadline
Thousands of lone women forced to return face extreme repression and destitution under Taliban laws that forbi…
- Asia Pacific, Fiji, Foreign policy, Immigration and asylum, Pacific islands, Politics, Refugees, UK news, World news
Diplomat makes history as first refugee to become a UK high commissioner
Kanbar Hossein-Bor, who says his mother once feared he ‘might not be British enough’, lands Fiji post“In her m…
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Myanmar refugees in Thailand face health crisis after USAid withdrawal – in pictures
Thousands of people who fled Myanmar’s civil war to refugee camps in Thailand are struggling to find healthcar…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian immigration and asylum, Australian politics, Migration, Pakistan, Penny Wong, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family
Mohammed Ibrahim Danish spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained docto…
- Afghanistan, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Texas, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, US politics, World news
‘Hope in my heart’: displaced Afghans in limbo as White House freezes refugee programs
Texas volunteers had prepared welcome for family fleeing Taliban now stranded in Pakistan in fear of being dep…
- Africa, Aid, Bangladesh, Food poverty, Global development, Hunger, Kenya, Poverty, Refugees, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Decision made after attempts to raise more funds had been unsuccessful, agency tells authoritiesFood rations f…
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Relatives plead with Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghur men to China
Detainees fear their return could be imminent despite UN experts urging Bangkok to halt possible transferRelat…
- Bangladesh, Human rights, Muhammad Yunus, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘We’ve lost all hope’: Rohingya trapped as Bangladesh closes Myanmar border
Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar are being detained and forced back by Bangladeshi border guards…
- Chagos Islands, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Immigration and asylum, Politics, Refugees, Sri Lanka, UK news, US news, World news
Tuesday briefing: How the UK left 64 asylum seekers stranded on an island in the Indian Ocean
In today’s newsletter: As a judge finds the government unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia, we look at …
- Americas, Chagos Islands, Home Office, Immigration and asylum, Law, Migration, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, UK news, World news
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…