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          Refugees

          The latest news and stories on refugees and asylum seekers

          Tamil asylum seekers on a boat travelling across the Indian Ocean

          Tamil refugees fled Sri Lanka years ago, but ill-fated voyage has brought them no closer to peace

          UKNovember 01, 2024
          An UNRWA employee inspects a destroyed UN school following an Israeli air strike in Al Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on May 14. The agency is one of the few lifelines Palestinian refugees have left. EPA

          Where is Israel’s proof about UNRWA?

          EditorialOctober 30, 2024
          A displaced African migrant worker in Beirut on October 21. Integrating displaced people into the digital workforce can reduce the financial burden of hosting such populations, while refugees gain financial independence and dignity. AFP

          Refugees can work remotely from anywhere. So, why aren't they allowed to?

          CommentOctober 29, 2024
          Residents and asylum seekers at a centre to help the migrants in Oisterwijk, Netherlands. Critics say tough new anti-migrant laws will not solve the problems in the Netherlands. EPA

          Dutch to tighten border and rules for asylum-seekers

          EuropeOctober 25, 2024
          A young boy among a group of migrants at the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent, after being rescued from a small boat in the English Channel. PA

          Huge surge in refugee children treated as adults by UK

          UKOctober 24, 2024
          Syrian Red Crescent workers tend to displaced people arriving from Lebanon at the Jdeidat Yabous border crossing in south-west Syria. AFP

          UK pledges £3m to support refugees returning to Syria from Lebanon

          UKOctober 23, 2024
          Rohingya refugees on the boat anchored off the coast of South Aceh on Monday. Photo: AFP

          One dead as boat carrying 100 Rohingya stranded off Indonesian coast

          MENAOctober 21, 2024
          Palestinian children suffering with cancer wait to board a bus at Al Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, to receive treatment in Jordan. AFP / Getty / Nick Donaldson

          Stop making refugees wait for cancer care

          CommentOctober 18, 2024
          A man sits outside his destroyed home, where he lost several family members in fatal floods in Derna, Libya, a disaster blamed on climate change and poor infrastructure. Reuters

          Much talk but little action on climate refugee crisis, says UNHCR official

          ClimateOctober 17, 2024
          Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed is flanked by Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel ahead of the EU-GCC summit in Brussels. Photo: Dubai Media Office

          Escalating Middle East conflict to top EU-GCC summit agenda

          GulfOctober 16, 2024
          Nada Fadol holds up her UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for the Middle East category. Photo: UNHCR

          Sudanese refugee's quest to help displaced compatriots wins UNHCR award

          MENAOctober 16, 2024
          Ayman Alhussein, left, and the Es Devlin Congregation portrait of him, right. Photo: Ayman Alhussein / UNHCR

          From Syria to Calais to Britain (in a suitcase): Powerful portraits of refugees

          CultureOctober 11, 2024
          A Sudanese refugee gets a haircut in Cairo. More than a million people fled to Egypt after civil war broke out in Sudan last April 2023. EPA-EFE

          Sudanese refugees risking life and limb to return home from Egypt

          MENAOctober 11, 2024
          Syrian and Lebanese refugees travel to the Massna border crossing with Syria on foot after Israeli strikes rendered the main road unusable. EPA

          The Middle East's latest refugee crisis demands action

          EditorialOctober 09, 2024
          German police check people at the border with France. Getty Images

          Static illegal migrant numbers undermine far-right campaigns in Europe

          EuropeOctober 07, 2024
          An inflatable dinghy carrying around 65 migrants crosses the English Channel this year. Getty Images

          Bulgaria seizes 125 boats bound for English Channel people smugglers

          UKSeptember 30, 2024
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