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US Targets 125,000 Refugees Under New Sponsorship Program

The US administration launched Thursday a new program to receive refugees from all over the world, inviting ordinary Americans to directly sponsor the arrival of thousands of displaced people into their communities. The administration targeted 125,000 refugees for the current fiscal year, including Ukrainians, Afghans, and refugees from Latin America…

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Former Hazara refugee and photographer connects with cameleer descendants in Australian outback

Connecting with the descendants of Australia's Afghan cameleers helps Muzafar Ali understand where he fits in his new home.

ABC News

Jacinda Ardern: the 'politics of kindness' is a lasting legacy

Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand in 2017, the same year Donald Trump took power in the US. They could not have been more different: in age and sex, in politics, and in style. Where Trump’s brash, shoot-from-the-hip tweets sparked outrage, Ardern’s human and empathetic approach sought to…

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Ipswich captain Sam Morsy opens up on personal desire to pioneer EFL refugee project

Sam Morsy's father came to England as a refugee when he was just 21 and the Ipswich captain supports the club's refugee project as well as sponsoring a family’s season ticket

Daily Mirror

Shock and anger after fired worker killed by police at Oklahoma pork plant

Chiewelthap Mariar, 26-year-old Sudanese refugee, shot dead after police called to escort him from Seaboard Foods factory in Guymon

The Guardian - US

US state department announces new refugee program titled Welcome Corps

Pilot scheme will allow American citizens to sponsor refugees and help them settle into their communities

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‘Welcome Corps’ will allow Americans to privately sponsor refugees in US

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Biden Administration Announces New Private Refugee Sponsorship Program

The program differs in several ways from Uniting for Ukraine and other previous private migration sponsorship policies.

Reason

US launches programme allowing private ‘sponsorship’ of refugees

Immigrant rights groups welcome new pathway for refugee resettlement amid tensions over Biden administration policies.

Al Jazeera

America's Refugee Resettlement Process Is Broken. Now Private Citizens Can Help Fix It.

A new State Department initiative will let American citizens sponsor refugees fleeing danger.

Reason

‘Welcome Corps’ will allow Americans to privately sponsor refugees in US

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced a new program Thursday to allow thousands of American citizens to directly sponsor refugees financially, an effort to increase the United States’ capacity to accept more people seeking protection from abroad.

Tribune News Service

Migration drives German population to record high in 2022

Germany's population rose to an all-time high of 84.3 million people in 2022, after stagnating over the past three years, as Ukrainian refugees came to Germany fleeing the war.

Reuters

A new program lets private citizens sponsor refugees in the U.S.

The State Department program, dubbed the Welcome Corps, would give Americans a role in resettling thousands of refugees who arrive every year.

WEKU

New program lets private citizens sponsor refugees in US

Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program being launched by the State Department

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Censorship fears over plan to keep Channel people-smugglers off social media

Charity says government’s move to tackle ‘TikTok traffickers’ could affect ability to highlight plight of refugees

The Guardian - UK

Sea ‘a graveyard’ as number of Rohingya fleeing Bangladesh by boat soars

UN figures show number of those attempting to escape horrendous conditions in refugee camps increased from 700 in 2021 to over 3,500 in 2022

Evening Standard

Youth stabbed Afghan refugee to death in Twickenham park hours after court date for having knife

Hazrat Wali, 18, died in hospital after being attacked in Craneford Way Playing Fields, south-west London, in October 2021

The Independent UK

Youth stabbed Afghan refugee hours after court date for having knife

Hazrat Wali, 18, died in hospital after being attacked in Craneford Way Playing Fields, south-west London, in October 2021.

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Israel Deports Italian Activist Arrested in West Bank Raid

Israel deported an Italian activist to Italy after security forces detained her during a raid in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said Tuesday, accusing her of having links to a Palestinian militant group. The Israeli military arrested Stefania Costantini during a pre-dawn incursion Monday into the the Dheisha refugee…

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Saved from Death at Sea, Syrian Refugees Face Deportation

On New Year’s Eve, a small boat carrying more than 230 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, broke down and began to sink after setting sail from the northern coast of Lebanon. Since the collapse of Lebanon's economy in 2019, an increasing number of people — mostly Syrian and Palestinian…

Zenger

Vienna’s Jewish Community Takes In Hundreds Of Ukraine Refugees

Already home to a substantial number of Russian-speaking Jews before the invasion of Ukraine, the longstanding community.

The Independent UK

Saved from death at sea, Syrian refugees face deportation

A boat carrying more than 200 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, sank off the coast of Lebanon on New Year’s Eve

Al Jazeera

UN reports ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022

More than 3,500 Rohingya refugees risked the dangerous sea crossing to escape Myanmar or Bangladesh last year.

The Independent UK

Education of Afghan refugee children disrupted by hotel moves, High Court told

Three families have brought a legal challenge against the Home Secretary after being forced to move out of London.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak urged to reunite Afghans refugees with their families

Afghans ‘left behind’ have been ‘abandoned and trapped’, one charity says

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