Tag: refugee
‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status
The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already approved for entry before President Trump took office. But Mr. Tr [...]
Appeals Court Lets Trump Pause New Refugee Admissions Amid Lawsuit
A court order requires thousands of refugees to be admitted to the United States. But funding for organizations that assist them after arrival remains [...]
Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order to Suspend Refugee Program
The preliminary injunction orders the government to effectively restore the decades-old U.S. Refugee Admissions Program while a lawsuit to preserve it [...]
Union and bishops criticise refugee citizenship ban
A key union has joined faith leaders and charities in warning that a policy banning refugees arriving on small boats from gaining UK citizenship could [...]
Trump’s Suspension of Refugee Admissions Puts Afghans at Risk, Advocate Says
The order “risks abandoning thousands of Afghan wartime allies” who worked with Americans before the Taliban takeover, the head of a resettlement grou [...]
How Trump Plans to Kill the Refugee System
President Trump, who has criticized refugee resettlement, moved on his first day in office to suspend the decades-old program to admit persecuted peop [...]
UN refugee agency rejects Suella Braverman asylum comments
In a statement following Mrs Braverman's speech, the UNHCR said: "The need is not for reform, or more restrictive interpretation, but for stronger and [...]
Suella Braverman asks if UN refugee rules are fit for modern age
The home secretary will tell an audience in the US the 1951 international agreement is "unworkable".
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Introduce refugee visa to curb Channel boats, urges charity
Charities say the government’s new immigration law is unworkable and set out an alternative plan.
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Tory refugee values ‘giant far-right foghorn’ – Greens
Caroline Lucas criticised the government's attitude to helping Sudanese people, asking why there is no refugee scheme. The Green MP compared the help [...]
Asylum plan ‘very concerning’ and would break international law – UN refugee agency
"If the government were serious, they would be working internationally to get a proper new agreement in place with France and Europe, including return [...]
Council funding cut for Ukrainian refugee scheme
The government says it faces tough decisions, but increases "thank you" payments to refugee hosts.
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MP Roger Gale: Manston turned into refugee camp for 4,000 people
A Kent MP has described how conditions worsened at Manston in three days between his visits as 1,500 more people were sent there.Sir Roger Gale said t [...]
Waiting for Refugee Status, Thousands Live in Limbo
As the Biden administration prioritizes resettling people fleeing Ukraine and Afghanistan, many other refugees are waiting years in a system strugglin [...]
Biden Maintains Current Cap on Refugee Entries
The decision to leave the cap at 125,000 was a contrast with the Trump administration, which severely restricted entry, but advocacy groups said migra [...]