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Refugees

Campaigners slam Priti Patel’s ‘flawed and dangerous’ plan to x-ray asylum seekers to verify their age
asylum seekers
asylum system

Campaigners slam Priti Patel’s ‘flawed and dangerous’ plan to x-ray asylum seekers to verify their age

Experts wait on ‘crucial details’ after Afghan resettlement scheme launch confirmed
afghan resettlement scheme
afghanistan

Experts wait on ‘crucial details’ after Afghan resettlement scheme launch confirmed

'The lights are so beautiful': Refugees on their first Christmas in the UK
Christmas

'The lights are so beautiful': Refugees on their first Christmas in the UK

Don't let media headlines blitz the decent side of human nature
Paul McNamee

Don't let media headlines blitz the decent side of human nature

The Channel crossing deaths must be a turning point for this government
Minnie Rahman

The Channel crossing deaths must be a turning point for this government

Protesters gather outside Home Office to rally against Channel crossing deaths
Home Office

Protesters gather outside Home Office to rally against Channel crossing deaths

Climate change is forcing more people out of their homes than war
young boy in Iraq displaced by climate change
Environment

Climate change is forcing more people out of their homes than war

Ministers ‘happy to spend millions on drones’ but ignore refugees in Budget
Rishi Sunak leaving No 10 Downing Street. Charities said he is doing too little for refugees
Politics

Ministers ‘happy to spend millions on drones’ but ignore refugees in Budget

Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open
Priti Patel said the scheme would accept 20,000 people from Afghanistan.
Social Justice

Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open

'Nowhere near good enough': Government slammed over lack of support for LGBTQ+ Afghans
placards reading
Activism

'Nowhere near good enough': Government slammed over lack of support for LGBTQ+ Afghans

The UK needs a common policy on refugees, not this shameful shambles
Alf Dubs

The UK needs a common policy on refugees, not this shameful shambles

A charity has salvaged tents from Reading Festival to give to refugees
Activism

A charity has salvaged tents from Reading Festival to give to refugees

Afghan refugees given 'warm welcome' could have to live off £39 a week
News

Afghan refugees given 'warm welcome' could have to live off £39 a week

Businesses are queueing up to offer jobs to Afghan refugees
Signs saying refugees welcome
Employment

Businesses are queueing up to offer jobs to Afghan refugees

Musicians in Exile: The group uniting refugees via song
Music

Musicians in Exile: The group uniting refugees via song

What’s funny about the refugee crisis?
Culture

What’s funny about the refugee crisis?

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Limbo 'was a chance to show the world what refugees are really like'
Film

Limbo 'was a chance to show the world what refugees are really like'

The London art studio offering asylum seekers and refugees freedom on a page
Art

The London art studio offering asylum seekers and refugees freedom on a page

Interpreting for asylum seekers is about more than translation
Radil Barzan

Interpreting for asylum seekers is about more than translation

This is what it's like to spend 13 years battling for refugee status
Politics

This is what it's like to spend 13 years battling for refugee status

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