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Scrapping Dubs refugee scheme ‘truly shameful’, stars tell Theresa May
More than 200 high-profile public figures including Ralph Fiennes, Keira Knightley, Michael Morpurgo and the band Coldplay have written to Theresa May calling on the government not to close a scheme to bring unaccompanied child refugees from Europe to Britain. In an open letter addressed to the prime minister, the signatories describe the decision to admit no more […]
Canada arrests nearly 70 asylum seekers at US border following Trump travel ban
Nearly 70 people seeking asylum in Canada were arrested over the weekend, adding to the small but growing number of refugees who are braving bitterly cold winter conditions to cross the border after Donald Trump’s executive ordertemporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority countries. A spokesman for the Canada Border Services Agency said that 21 people were intercepted in […]
Justin Trudeau: I won’t lecture Trump over refugee ban
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he will not lecture President Donald Trump on Syrian refugees. "The last thing Canadians expect is for me to come down and lecture another country on how they choose to govern," he said at the White House. Both leaders stressed the countries' shared economic goals and co-operation at […]
Canada town feels burden of refugees crossing US border
A small town in rural southern Manitoba says it is hopeful help is coming to assist with an influx of refugee claimants. The municipality of Emerson-Franklin is preparing for more people crossing illegally at the Canada-US border. They had 22 border jumpers cross last weekend. The town of some 700 people, near a major interstate […]
Thousands protest in London against Trump’s refugee ban
Several thousand people demonstrated outside the U.S. embassy in London on Saturday against President Donald Trump and his temporary ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Protesters held black banners with blood stains bearing slogans such as "No to Trump. No to War" and "Trump: Special Relationship? Just […]
Trump administration appealing Seattle judge’s halt of refugee travel ban
The Trump administration on Saturday afternoon file a notice of appeal of federal Judge James Robart’s travel-ban ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in San Francisco. It is filed on behalf of “the defendants Donald Trump, in his official capacity as president of the United States; United States Department of Homeland Security; […]
US-Australia refugee deal: Trump in ‘worst call’ with Turnbull
A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal. The Washington Post reported Mr Trump called the conversation "the worst by far" of his calls with world leaders that day, and cut it short. Mr Trump later tweeted that he would "study this […]
Donald Trump ‘upset and angry’ over refugee deal discussed with Malcolm Turnbull
A STAFFER in the Prime Minister’s office has been suspended after posting anti-Trump propaganda to her social media page. An executive assistant to the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s chief of staff Drew Clarke, has been suspended today over “inappropriate” posts on her Facebook page, 2GB radio reports. The woman posted a photo and link to […]
Refugee crisis cannot be solved by building higher walls
The refugee crisis is a “global issue” and to solve it we need greater cooperation among all international powers, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Saturday. When asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent visa ban against seven Muslim-majority countries during a news conference with British PM Theresa May in Ankara, Yıldırım said the refugee […]Donate Now
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It has been close to six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya faced a deadly genocide by Myanmar’s military and fled the country in search of protection and refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya population has been undergoing persecution, discrimination, arbitrary arrests, and atrocities in Myanmar for over seven decades. Their condition is alarmingly […]
