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UN Palestinian refugee agency urges West Bank workers to end strike

The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency on Wednesday called on the West Bank local staff union to end a strike, saying the stoppage was hindering access for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees to basic services.

Reuters

Refugee family left 'homeless' as police investigate alleged assault at hotel putting up asylum seekers

The family refuse to return to an asylum seeker hotel

Manchester Evening News

In Tunisia, police destroy migrant camp facing the UN building

Police in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, have forcefully removed a group homeless sub-Saharan Africans had been camping outside of the UN buildings of the International Organisation for Migration (OIM) and the UN Refugee Agency (HCR) for several weeks.

Radio France Internationale

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UK using more of its aid budget to house refugees than most donors in OECD

Britain has been criticised for loading cost of accommodating refugees on to overseas aid budget

The Guardian - UK

People easily disgusted by smells more prone to xenophobia, study suggests

Study using fictional refugee groups finds xenophobic prejudice strongest in English-speaking countries

The Independent UK

‘Completely let down’: Refugee visa scheme under fire

Asylum seekers applying for refugee status in Australia feel let down by bureaucracy, with some driven to self harm.

The New Daily

I fought injustice against refugees like me through activism and charity work. Then I found comedy

Doing standup is about sharing the contradictory mess of being human – and exposing the hypocrisy of politics, says comedian Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi

The Guardian - UK

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Tories hail Greek migration policies as an example. Instead, they should serve as a warning

Experience in eastern Mediterranean proves deterrence and harsh conditions do little to discourage refugees

The Guardian - UK

Governor checks up on refugee care

TAK: Local authorities have been visiting displaced people sheltering close to the border to follow up on efforts to manage refugees after clashes between ethnic groups and the Myanmar military flared up last week.

Bangkok Post

Refugee team offers a way for Russian and Belarusian dissidents to compete at the Paris Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) began 2023 with high hopes of maintaining its solidarity with Ukraine, but its call to allow individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to attend the 2024 Paris Games has caused backlash.

The Conversation

BBC 'ignorant' for trying to justify story on 'fake' refugee footballers

THE BBC has been criticised for its “ignorant and insensitive” response following a complaint about an article on the high-profile evacuation of…

The National (Scotland)

Child refugee allegedly kissed and forced onto bed at London hotel

A boy, 15, allegedly took a 12-year-old to his room and pushed him on to a bed

Evening Standard

An assault on asylum? Experts raise alarm

Experts say the right to asylum is ‘disappearing’ as wealthy nations enact restrictions aimed at keeping people out.

Al Jazeera

Afghan refugee's joy at meeting NI pal who helped him escape Taliban

Former RIR soldier from Derry helped old friend from Afghanistan make it to UK

Belfast Live

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The Guardian - UK

Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli troops in West Bank refugee camp

Teenager killed and two others wounded during Israeli arrest operation amid escalating tensions

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two More Die as Israel-Palestinian Unrest Simmers, Political Faultlines Widen

A growing wave of unrest between Israelis and Palestinians claimed two more lives on Monday, after a poll showed plummeting support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party amid a divisive plan to rein in the Supreme Court's powers. A Palestinian teen was killed during a military raid in the…

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway councillor shocked at racist message after speech on Afghan refugees

Dougie Campbell, a former volunteer with the Scottish Refugee Council, helped secure a commitment 18 months ago for Dumfries and Galloway to resettle 20 families who were fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan

The National (Scotland)

'People are worried about their children': Concerns over plight of Afghan refugees

SERIOUS concerns have been voiced over the plight of hundreds of Afghan refugees in Scottish hotels who are still waiting for homes.

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ABC News

Grannies helping refugee children learn English form 'amazing' connection with Adelaide students

Blair Athol North Primary School successfully connects refugee students with grannies — who all have a background in education — to help them learn how to read and write in English.

Bangkok Post

Uighurs' plight a lesson for govt

The case of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church who were arrested for overstaying visas in Pattaya last week brings back memories of the notorious repatriation of another group of Uighur refugees back to China in 2014.

The Guardian - AU

Manus Island and Nauru: previously unseen testimony and AI imagery reveal ‘unimaginable’ part of Australian history

The witness statements were collected during more than 300 hours of interviews with refugees as part of a now discontinued pro bono class action

WEKU

A Utah ice climber was killed by falling ice after saving her friend's life

Meg O'Neill, a mentor to young refugees, died after pushing a young woman into safety. They were ascending the frozen Raven Falls in Utah with another climber when the ice cracked, police said.

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Transatlantic' is a clunky, quasi-historical melodrama about Varian Fry

The story of Varian Fry, the Emergency Rescue Committee (later to become today's International Rescue Committee) and its efforts to spirit refugee artists and intellectuals out of Vichy France in the early years of World War II has become a historical, ahistorical, quasi-historical romantic melodrama, "Transatlantic." Written by Anna Winger…

Bangkok Post

Chinese Christians ‘to be sent to third country’

More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were arrested in Pattaya a week ago for overstaying their visas are expected to be sent to a third country next week, says a senior police official.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Army Finds Rocket Launcher in Marjayoun

The Lebanese army found on Friday a deserted rocket launcher in the southern town of Marjayoun that contained several unlaunched rockets. The army leadership said in a statement that efforts are underway to dismantle it. The encounter came following a flare-up in violence and major salvoes of rockets that were…

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