Immigration and asylum
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Fears for British Council staff trapped in Afghanistan despite breakthrough
Exclusive: Contractors at ‘high risk’ of Taliban reprisals still have no idea how to get out of country safely…
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Visa delays leave UK families with adopted babies stranded in Pakistan
Home Office accused of leaving mothers and traumatised children stranded for months while priority is given to…
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Afghans with western links among rising number trying to cross Channel
Fivefold increase in refugees from Afghanistan crossing in small boats this year as they flee TalibanRefugees …
- Afghanistan, Dalai Lama, Human rights, Immigration and asylum, Law, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, World news
Afghan female judge awarded prestigious human rights prize
Fawzia Amini advocates for rights of Afghan women and girls from London hotel room she’s been stuck in for nin…
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Afghan surgeon who fled Ukraine says he was treated differently at Polish border
‘I’m not blond,’ says Ruhullah Haji, who was stuck at crossing for three days but managed to join family in UK…
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Welcome to Britain … now what? Afghan families on their lives in limbo
As war in Ukraine creates millions of new refugees, many people airlifted to safety from Kabul last summer are…
- Afghanistan, Europe, Immigration and asylum, Migration, Politics, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Turkey, UK news, Ukraine, World news
Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine: how many refugee crises can the world cope with? | Anushka Asthana
On the borders of Turkey, a six-metre high wall in the snow is holding back a tide of people desperate to find…
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‘We’re all hip-hop family’: the artists fighting to get Afghan breakdancers to safety
Nancy Yu, AKA Asia One is drawing on the hip-hop movement’s activist roots to help a group of artists and thei…
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Thousands of Afghans stuck in UK hotels as resettlement plan stalls
Minister admits there is no way to move some refugees on without losing government support‘Doesn’t seem possib…
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Sri Lankan man left in immigration limbo for decades can stay in UK
Ponnampalam Jothibala, who came to the UK in 1983, granted indefinite leave to remain by Home OfficeA man who …
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‘The Taliban are seeking revenge’: ex-cultural worker on a UK project
Omar is in hiding – concerned about his five daughters, he has applied to move to BritainOmar* worked for a UK…
- Afghanistan, Foreign policy, Immigration and asylum, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, World news
‘In Kabul there’s no justice’: the female student who fled to Pakistan
After the collapse of the Afghan capital, Amina says what followed was worse than she could imagineAmina* used…
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‘We’ve been forgotten’: the British embassy security guard in Kabul
Abdullah says guards who risked their lives for the British cannot understand why they have been abandonedAbdu…
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‘My nightmares came true’: ex-prosecutor of Afghan women’s abusers
Negin overcame significant disadvantages to obtain her role but now fears those seeking revengeThe Taliban bli…
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‘I was expecting the government’s help’: British taxi driver stuck in Afghanistan
Nasir is stranded in Jalalabad with his family and says he feels let down by the UK Foreign OfficeNasir*, 43, …