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EXCLUSIVE: Author John Vaillant tells The Independent that human-driven climate change has created dangerous wildfire conditions and thousands of ‘climate refugees’ in the city of Los Angeles

After the fall of Bashar al-Assad and his family’s 50-year dynasty of fear, several European countries announced a suspension of asylum application procedures. Germany, France and Sweden are among the countries which have also paused all pending asylum requests from Syrians. Austria, meanwhile, has signalled it will soon order refugees…

UN watchdog finds refugees and asylum seekers suffered deterioration of physical and mental health in offshore detention camps

Australia remains responsible for the arbitrary detention of refugees and asylum seekers in offshore processing facilities in Nauru, a UN committee has ruled.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia breached international human rights law by detaining a group of young asylum seekers in immigration detention in Nauru.

A Russian-German couple murdered a Ukrainian mother and grandmother to abduct a five-week-old baby and raise her as their own.

Unrest since October’s election has seen thousands of refugees look for shelter in neighbouring Malawi, despite its drought, food and fuel shortages

The 25-year-old soldier was captured by Russian forces in May 2022 ‘while defending civilians in Mariupol’ said family

New figures show the number of small boat arrivals to the UK in 2024 was up 25% on the previous year. While public attention remains on how people get to the UK, less discussed is what happens to them once they arrive and are later granted refugee status. The reality…