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Biden leaves mixed legacy on immigration

Biden fulfilled a promise to restore the refugee resettlement program but also cracked down on the right to asylum

Salon

Australia violated rights of asylum seekers held in Nauru, UN watchdog says

UN Human Rights Committee ruling covers cases involving 25 refugees who endured years of arbitrary detention.

Al Jazeera

Australia asked to pay compensation for violating rights of asylum seekers in Nauru camps

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

The Independent UK

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Australia breached human rights treaty, UN body rules

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

AAP

The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees

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.

The Conversation

German Couple Kills Ukrainian Refugee With Hammer and Steals Her Baby Amid Infertility Struggles

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

International Business Times UK

Malawi sees influx of refugees from post-election violence in Mozambique

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

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‘Mom, don’t cry, I’m home:’ Ukrainian refugee family learns that son is alive after almost three years of captivity in Russia

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

The Independent UK

Clearing the UK’s asylum backlog has led to rising refugee homelessness

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…

The Conversation

Two boats with more than 260 Rohingya refugees arrives in Indonesia's coast

More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats

The Independent UK

Biden Strengthened the Refugee Resettlement System. Will Trump Undo It?

Refugee resettlements last year hit a 30-year high, but that progress is fragile.

Reason

10 things that changed my life – Unesco chair for Refugee Integration Alison Phipps

1 Growing up in Thatcher-era Sheffield

The National (Scotland)

Malaysia Turns Away Rohingya Refugees Arriving By Boat

Malaysian authorities intercept boats carrying Rohingya refugees entering illegally. Rohingya seek better opportunities after fleeing Myanmar violence.

Top News

Israeli forces kill teenager amid intensified raids in occupied West Bank

Military installs snipers on rooftops surrounding Balata camp during fierce raid that killed Muhammad Medhat Amin Amer.

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The Guardian - UK

The Syrian refugee whose selfie with Angela Merkel changed his life

Anas Modamani took a photo with the then chancellor when he was 18, before the image went around the world

The Guardian - UK

‘A look into the future’: TV drama about Danish climate refugees divides opinion

Families Like Ours has become national talking point but some scientists say events depicted could not happen

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Why Keir Starmer hopes this is the year to end the Channel crossing crisis

In today’s newsletter: The government’s new interim order could bring some criminals to justice, but may not stop desperate people putting their lives at risk to cross the Channel

International Business Times

Elon Musk Calls For Release Of Far Right Activist Tommy Robinson

Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in jail in October in connection to a libel case brought against him by a Syrian refugee schoolboy.

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The Guardian - UK

Refugee Council urges UK to introduce special visas in effort to stop deaths in the Channel

Record number of deaths in 2024 leads to call for safe and legal routes for people to travel to UK to stop them resorting to smugglers

The Guardian - UK

Threadbare facilities, high mortality, cats in the corridors: the realities of life for new Rohingya mothers in Cox’s Bazar

In the world’s largest refugee site, high mortality, child kidnapping and a lack of healthcare make the journey to motherhood a perilous one

International Business Times

Afghan Refugees Suffer 'Like Prisoners' In Pakistan Crackdown

The space in which refugee Shaharzad has to live has shrunk to the small courtyard of a guesthouse in Pakistan's capital, reminiscent of her life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Government must say how many die attempting small boat crossings – charity

Research by the Refugee Council suggested that more migrants died in the Channel in 2024 than in the previous three years combined.

Al Jazeera

Israeli attacks kill at least 26 Palestinians across Gaza on New Year’s Day

Gaza’s Health Ministry said at least four children and one woman were among the dead.

The National (Scotland)

Israeli strikes on hospital and refugee camp in Gaza leave at least 12 dead

AT least 12 people have been killed as Israeli strikes targeted a refugee camp in Gaza on New Year’s Day...

AAP

Human rights touted despite expected detention backlash

Criticism was predicted as Australia prepared to show off its human rights record while upholding some of the world's most notorious anti-refugee policies.

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