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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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

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Braverman asylum plan may breach refugee convention, says UNHCR

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

The Guardian - UK

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Are you a lawyer yet?’: two graduates on their pathways into law

There may be different approaches to studying at The University of Law, but for the two people in our case studies – a barrister and a solicitor – satisfaction once qualified is the same

The Guardian - UK

Australia-New Zealand refugee deal: UN blames mental health toll after just 36 people take up offer

UN refugee agency says many refugees have been traumatised by years in Australian detention camps, hampering uptake of the offer

The Guardian - AU

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Model fearing Myanmar military heads to asylum in Canada

A fashion model from Myanmar who feared being arrested by the country’s military government if she was forced back home from exile has flown to Canada, which she says has granted her asylum

The Independent UK

Love, determination and risking all to cross the Mediterranean

Sadia’s journey from Benin to Europe would see her brave a deadly migration route, and be separated from her husband.

Al Jazeera

Global Islamic Refugee Fund Launched with Initial Capital of $100 Million

Advisor at the Saudi Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah took part on Saturday in the launch of the Global Islamic Refugee Fund (GARF) on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly’s in New York, reported the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Former Myanmar beauty queen 'not sent back'

Former Myanmar beauty queen, Thaw Nandar Aung, aka Han Lay, was on Friday relieved to learn that she will not be sent back to Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

Six Syrian Refugees Found Dead on Boat Reaching Sicily

Six Syrian refugees, including three children, were found dead on a migrant boat that arrived on Monday in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said. "They died of thirst, hunger and severe burns. This is unacceptable," the UNHCR's representative to Italy, Chiara Cardoletti, wrote on…

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Six Syrian refugees found dead on boat reaching Sicily

Six Syrian refugees, including three children, were found dead on a migrant boat that arrived on Monday in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said.

Reuters

Jordan’s Public Debt Increases to $41 Bln

Jordan’s public debt rose 1.6 percent to 29.16 billion dinars ($41 billion) in the first half of 2022 from 28.7 billion dinars at the end of 2021. Its domestic debt reached 13.89 billion dinars at the end of H1, while its foreign debt reached 15.26 billion dinars, according to statistics…

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Jordan Warns of ‘Notable Drop’ in Int’l Support for Refugees in the Region

Jordan has warned of the notable drop in international support to refugees in the Middle East and to the relevant UN agencies. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi in Amman, where he stressed the need for mobilizing joint action to provide…

The Guardian - UK

How red flags were brushed aside to push through Rwanda deal

Documents disclosed to high court case show repeated warnings about asylum processing plan

France 24

‘We are tired of living like prisoners’: LGBT+ asylum seekers stranded in Niger

After being stranded in Niger for almost two years, a group of LGBT+ asylum seekers in Niamey is growing ever more desperate in their hopes for resettlement. While navigating a country marked by intolerance towards LGBT people, they feel propelled to take more active action and demand the United Nations…

The Guardian - UK

Tajikistan ‘rounding up and deporting Afghan refugees’

UN refugee agency urges authorities to end forced deportations as families say they are too scared to leave their homes

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The Independent UK

UK has ‘assurances’ that Rwanda will honour asylum seeker deal, High Court told

Rwandan authorities have given ‘detailed assurances’ over the processing of asylum claims, Home Office lawyers argued.

AFP

UN chief taps Volker Turk as next rights chief

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has tapped the Austrian diplomat Volker Turk to be the next High Commissioner for Human Rights, according to a document sent Thursday to the General Assembly, which must approve the choice.

The Independent UK

Video of child refugee in Libya sheds light on rampant abuse

A video has emerged on social media of a 15-year-old Sudanese refugee boy being tormented by gunmen in Libya demanding ransom

The Independent UK

Rwanda policy ‘incompatible with UK obligations’ UN refugee agency tells court

The first legal challenge over the policy is due to finish on Friday.

The Independent UK

Rwanda ‘not a safe third country’ for asylum seekers and UK deal must be stopped, UN tells court

UN Refugee Agency says policy amounts to the ‘unlawful penalisation’ of refugees who use small boats

The Independent UK

UNHCR rushes aid to Pakistan amid raging floods in south

Officials say four planes carrying aid for Pakistani flood victims from the UN refugee are arriving in this impoverished Islamic nation

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Urges Increase in Int'l Funds to Tackle Climate Change

Egypt requested on Thursday an increase in finances from developed countries to address climate change in countries that currently suffer from fires, high temperature and floods. Egypt is hosting the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh in November. Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad…

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