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Dame Sara Khan urged victims of extremism to share their experiences. PA

Victims of extremism urged to speak out to help UK tackle hatred

People can take part in government review during the next eight weeks

UKApril 07, 2022

More than 2 million refugees have crossed into Poland from Ukraine since the war started. Britain has retained a visa requirement for Ukrainians to enter the UK on security grounds. AP

UK minister vows to cut wait for Ukraine refugees

Britain's Homes for Ukraine visa scheme has received thousands of applications but has been criticised for being too slow and complicated

WorldApril 03, 2022

Ukrainian servicemen check streets for booby traps in the formerly Russian-occupied Kyiv suburb of Bucha, Ukraine, Saturday, April 2, 2022. As Russian forces pull back from Ukraine's capital region, retreating troops are creating a "catastrophic" situation for civilians by leaving mines around homes, abandoned equipment and "even the bodies of those killed," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Saturday. (AP Photo / Vadim Ghirda)

Bucha: Russian withdrawal reveals mass graves and evidence of 'war crimes'

UK says alleged attacks on civilians in Ukraine must be investigated as war crimes

EuropeApril 03, 2022

Pope Francis blesses attendees as he arrives in the popemobile car to celebrate mass on April 03, 2022 outside the St. Publius parish church at Piazzale dei Granai in Floriana, Valletta, Malta, on the second and last day of the Pope's trip to the Mediterranean archipelago. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

Pope Francis prays for kindness to refugees, with Kyiv visit 'on the table'

Pontiff wraps up tour of island with visit to migrant centre set to welcome people fleeing Ukraine

UKApril 03, 2022

Migrant children during a protest outside the transport and logistics centre in Bruzgi on the Belarusian-Polish border, in the Grodno region, Belarus. November 25, 2021. Reuters

Europe's forgotten refugees: from the Middle East to Belarus to oblivion

The world has focused on the plight of those fleeing Ukraine - but an earlier exodus remains unresolved

WeekendApril 01, 2022

Raed Al Saleh, head of the White Helmets civilian defence group, which operates in opposition-controlled areas of Syria and he says has saved the lives of 125,000 people since the civil war began. Photo: Raed Al Saleh

White Helmets chief offers safety tips to Ukrainians under bombardment

Raed Al Saleh tells 'The National' Moscow is carrying out similar assaults in Ukraine as it did in Syria

UKMarch 31, 2022

A health worker administers polio vaccine to children in Karachi, Pakistan. Childhood vaccination rates have declined. EPA

World at risky moment as era of 'greatest progress for most' is in danger of ending

Head of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation tells Chatham House multilateral co-operation could be lost

UKMarch 31, 2022

Women and children make their way through Przemysl railway station in Poland after journeying from war-torn Ukraine. Getty Images

Chatham House calls out EU for 'double standards' on refugees

Chatham House echoes others' concerns over a relativist approach to the protection of asylum seekers

UKMarch 31, 2022

Afghan development squad team players celebrate after scoring a goal during the football match between Afghan development squad and Women’s parliamentary team, at the Dulwich Hamlet FC ground, in London, on March 29, 2022, as part of the Amnesty’s annual Football Welcomes month. - Under laughter and applause, Sabreyah and her teammates dribble and score during a football match against the women parliamentary team in a stadium in south London football. According to their coach, they exercise their "basic human rights", six months after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The young players left the country with their family and arrived in the UK in November 2021 on a flight funded by US star Kim Kardashian. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

Afghan women beat UK parliamentarians on the football pitch

The matches were part of the yearly Amnesty International's initiative to celebrate the contribution of refugees to the game

UKMarch 30, 2022

European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides met health ministers on Tuesday to discuss ways of providing health care for those fleeing Ukraine. Reuters

EU launches campaign for private sector to donate to Ukraine

The European Commission is setting up distribution centres on Ukraine border for refugees needing care

UKMarch 29, 2022

Perez Ochieng, of Sacoma Health Foods in East London, says insects can provide a sustainable, low-carbon source of protein, but businesses say they are in limbo due to confusion over post-Brexit trading laws. PA

UK’s edible insect traders bugged by absence of regulations

Bug-based food sector should be booming, say critics of post-Brexit food laws

BusinessMarch 28, 2022

Ukrainian refugees board a train en route to Warsaw at the railway station in Przemysl, near the Polish-Ukrainian border. AFP

Ukrainian politicians criticise humanitarian agencies over refugee response

Both the UN refugee agency and the Red Cross have come under fire for a lack of preparedness as the number of refugees out of Ukraine since the war began tops 3.7 million people

UKMarch 28, 2022

Naeem Hijazi reunited with his mother, who he had not seen in four years. Photo: Naeem Hijazi

Syrian student escapes three wars to be reunited with parents in UK

Already displaced from Syria and then Sudan, Naeem Hijazi found himself caught up in the Ukraine conflict

UKMarch 25, 2022

Canada-based artist, Shahrzad Ghaffari, was commissioned by Leighton House Museum to hand paint an 11-metre abstract mural of words from a 13th century Persian poem by Rumi. Victoria Pertusa / The National

Leighton House Museum has its first contemporary work by Iranian artist

The London museum is renowned for its Arab Hall and is undergoing an £8m refurbishment

ArtMarch 24, 2022

Language-learning platform Chatterbox was founded by former Afghan refugee Mursal Hedayat, right, and Guillemette Dejean after the Syrian refugee crisis. Photo: Chatterbox

Chatterbox: refugee tutors cross the language divide

Technology company raised $2 million in pre-seed funding this month

WeekendMarch 18, 2022