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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Trump to Sign Orders Limiting Immigration, Refugees
President Donald Trump is poised to sign executive orders as soon as Wednesday that would limit immigration and the flow of refugees into the United States, restricting access from some predominantly Islamic countries, according to media reports. Citing congressional aides and immigration experts, Reuters initially reported Tuesday that Trump plans to sign orders Wednesday at the Department […]
MIGRANT CAMP BLAZE: ‘Refugees set light to mattress’ in huge fire
FIVE people have been arrested after a huge blaze broke out at a refugee centre in Germany that houses hundreds of migrants. Around 80 firefighters and police officers rushed to the scene at Hoevelhof-Staumuhle refugee facility in North Rhine-Westphalia at around 3.30pm yesterday afternoon. Pictures posted on social media showed thick, black smoke billowing from a one-storey […]
Mercy Refugees House Financial Report- December 2016
Those refugees who have been imprisoned or have been tortured have the priority to recieve financial help provided they are in dyre need of financial help and have filled out the necessary forms indicated in the "Financial Form" section. [Translate]
Mercy Refugees House Financial Report- September 2016
Those refugees who have been imprisoned or have been tortured have the priority to recieve financial help provided they are in dyre need of financial help and have filled out the necessary forms indicated in the "Financial Form" section. [Translate]
Ten women die in refugee boat accident off Libyan coast
Ten women have died in a new migrant boat accident off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea, Italian authorities said, as they began the gruesome task of removing hundreds of corpses from another salvaged wreck. The women were found dead in the bottom of a partially submerged dinghy, said Italian coastguard spokesman Captain […]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 […]
