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France is not ‘Nazi Germany,’ stop being ‘so sentimental’ about child refugees – Tory MP
A Tory MP has told critics of the government’s decision to scrap its child refugee resettlement scheme to “stop being so sentimental.” Pauline Latham, the MP for Mid Derbyshire, stood by the government’s claim that the scheme, known as the Dubs Amendment, would act as “pull factor” and encourage more refugees to come to Europe. She claimed […]
Europol report hails ‘success’ against people smuggling despite more refugees dying than ever before
A new report claiming European operations to combat people smuggling in the ongoing refugee crisis are a success has been lambasted by aid workers as more migrants die than ever before. Almost 14,000 asylum seekers have arrived by boat in Europe in the first weeks of 2017, with at least 366 dying at sea and others freezing to death while stranded […]
Germany deports third group of Afghan migrants to Kabul
Eighteen Afghans deported from Germany arrived in Kabul Thursday after their asylum pleas were rejected, the third group to be sent back in recent months as Berlin speeds up the expulsions. Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved new measures on Wednesday to expedite the repatriations even as controversy rages over sending people back to strife-torn […]
Canada opens its hearts to Syrian refugees
Even as the United States debates its policy toward the tide of refugees from Syria, our neighbor to the North is taking steps to offer more and more of them sanctuary, especially the man our Martha Teichner’s been talking with… By the time the Istanbul-to-Toronto flight finally landed, Jim Estill had been standing around with […]
Merkel Deports More Refugees While Blasting Trump’s Refugee Ban
Donald Trump is not the only head of state trying to protect against the possibility that refugees may also be terrorists. He’s just the most open about it. In an outburst of brazen hypocrisy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel blasted President Trump’s temporary travel ban, saying it is “not justified to put people from a specific […]
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 […]
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. […]
US halts vetting Nauru refugees for now, Australia says
US officials have stopped screening refugees on Nauru for potential resettlement, Australia has confirmed. But Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said he expected the process to resume "in due course". It follows uncertainly over a deal that would see up to 1,250 refugees currently held in offshore detention by Australia resettled in the US. The […]
Australian foreign minister says U.S. refugee swap proceeding
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Saturday that a controversial refugee resettlement deal with the United States would go ahead, despite U.S. immigration officials postponing interviews with asylum seekers. Reuters reported on Friday that U.S. officials had pulled planned second-round interviews with detainees in an Australian camp on the Pacific island of Nauru, suggesting […]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 […]
