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How Canada plans to break records with its new refugee targets

Every November, Canada’s immigration minister presents an annual report to Parliament that includes immigration targets for the next three years. This year, these immigration targets have grabbed headlines for their goal of admitting 500,000 permanent immigrants a year by 2025.

The Conversation

Why it's important to understand the unique plight of internally displaced people in Africa

The African Union adopted an agreement more than 13 years ago to prevent the arbitrary displacement of people and to uphold the dignity of such victims.

The Conversation

In asylum dispute, Austrian mayor takes down migrant tents

In a standoff over the rising number of asylum-seekers in Austria, the mayor of a small village has defied the federal government and ordered that tents housing migrants be dismantled

The Independent UK

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As Malaysia prepares for an election, refugees watch warily

Refugees fear the incoming govt will stick with plans to close UNHCR offices and expand an official tracking system.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine-Russian War: 14 million Ukrainians Displaced From Their Homes Since Russian Invasion, Says UNHCR

As the war continues to prolong in Ukraine, the UN refugee chief said the destruction caused by strikes at civilian infrastructure is quickly making the humanitarian response look like a drop in the ocean of needs. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw calls for urgent support for thousands displaced in Democratic Republic of the Congo

She is calling for the world to support the victims just as it has supported those displaced by the war in Ukraine

Evening Standard

UN: Flooding in west, central Africa displaced 3.4M people

The U.N.’s refugee agency says destruction from flooding has displaced more than 3.4 million people in west and central Africa

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Book app connects Ukrainian fathers with refugee children

When Ruslan Mykhalchenko leaves his family in the Netherlands to return home to Ukraine next week, one of the things he will miss most is reading his 5-year-old daughter Olivia a bedtime story.

Reuters

Heading home: Syrian refugees in Lebanon going back to Syria

Hundreds of Syrian refugees have boarded a convoy of trucks in the Lebanese mountain town of Arsal to return to their war-torn country

The Independent UK

Malaysia's deportation of Myanmar refugees violates international law - UN

The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) urged Malaysia on Tuesday to stop deporting refugees back to Myanmar, saying it had received reports of hundreds of such cases over the past two months.

Reuters

Malaysia deports Myanmar asylum seekers despite dangers back home: sources

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia deported 150 Myanmar nationals this month, including former navy officers seeking asylum, and plans to send back more despite the risk of arrest they face at home, four sources familiar with the matter said.

Bangkok Post

Malaysia deports Myanmar asylum seekers despite dangers back hom

Malaysia deported 150 Myanmar nationals this month, including former navy officers seeking asylum, and plans to send back more despite the risk of arrest they face at home, four sources familiar with the matter said.

Reuters

King meets refugees who have settled for new life in Scotland

The monarch met displaced families from countries such as Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan who have made a new life in Aberdeen.

The Independent UK

UN rights chief 'deeply troubled' by escalation of the war in Ukraine

Recently appointed United Nations rights chief, Volker Turk, voiced alarm at the escalating conflict in Ukraine when he arrived at his post in the Swiss capital Geneva on Monday, insisting that civilians must be protected.

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The Guardian - UK

UN urges investigation after 92 naked migrants ‘sent’ from Turkey into Greece

UNHCR says circumstances of ‘shocking’ discovery unclear amid rising tension between two countries

Al Jazeera

UN ‘distressed’ over 92 stripped refugees at Greece-Turkey border

Greece and Turkey trade accusations after Greek authorities find the people close to the countries’ border.

Asharq Al-Awsat

92 Migrants Found on Greek-Turkish Border

Ninety-two migrants were found almost naked and bruised after allegedly being forced across the Evros river from Türkiye into Greece, Athens said Sunday, a charge fiercely denied by Ankara. EU border agency Frontex confirmed to AFP the arrival of the group in circumstances which the Greek ministry for civil protection…

The Independent UK

The King to meet with refugee families in Aberdeen

The monarch will meet families resettled in Aberdeen as part of an ongoing programme in the city.

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The Independent UK

Lebanon to start sending Syrian refugees back home despite ‘risk of abuse’

Lebanon says programme is ‘voluntary’ but rights groups warn other returnees have faced arrests, detention, enforced disappearance and torture

Al Jazeera

Lebanon to begin returning refugees to Syria ‘in batches’

Presidency says return of refugees to Syria to start next week, despite objections by rights groups.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon to Begin Returning Syrian Refugees

Lebanon will start sending Syrian refugees back to their home country at the end of next week, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday, despite rights groups' fears for their safety. Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees per capita in the world.

Al Jazeera

UN refugee chief warns of ‘severe cuts’ without urgent funding

Filippo Grandi makes an appeal for at least $700m to help the 100 million people now displaced in the world.

Reuters

U.N. refugee boss warns of 'severe cuts' without immediate new funding

The U.N. refugee agency will have to make "severe cuts", increasing the hardships of those who have been driven from their homes, unless it gets immediate extra funding, its chief said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Braverman asylum plan may breach refugee convention, says UNHCR

Home secretary reportedly planning to ban anyone who enters UK via irregular routes claiming refuge

Asharq Al-Awsat

Merkel Wins UN Refugee Agency Award over Welcome of Syrians

The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it's giving its highest award to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her efforts to welcome more than 1 million refugees — mostly from Syria — into Germany, despite some criticism both at home and abroad. Matthew Saltmarsh, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner…

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