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Reality Check: Did government go back on its word on child refugees?
The claim: The government had committed to taking 3,000 unaccompanied refugee children from Europe, but it will now close the programme after taking in just 350. Reality Check verdict: The government previously referred to a goal to bring 3,000 unaccompanied children to the UK but eventually passed an amendment that did not commit to a specific figure. […]
Iranian refugees on Manus allegedly assaulted by PNG police
Two Iranian refugees on Manus Island have been released from police detention more than 36 hours after being reportedly assaulted by police and immigration officials on New Year’s Eve. The two men, whose first names are Mehdi and Mohammad, were allegedly assaulted when they were in Lorengau township at about 8pm on New Year’s Eve. Behrouz Boochani, […]
Pakistan Wants to Send 1.5 Million Refugees Back as U.S. Tensions Rise
More than three decades after fleeing Afghanistan, refugee Noor Said struggles to feed his family of eight on less than the $3 per day he earns weaving fabric in northwest Pakistan. Now he’s got an even bigger worry: Being forced back amid the worst border tensions in years. “I can’t take my small children to a […]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 […]
