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Environmental disasters and climate change force people to cross borders, but they're not recognised as refugees – they should be

As our planet warms, we’re experiencing more frequent and severe weather events, rising sea levels, prolonged droughts and altered ecosystems. These environmental shifts directly affect people’s livelihoods by destroying crops and depleting water sources. They make once-inhabitable areas uninhabitable.

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Braverman to ask world leaders to make refugee rules ‘fit for the modern age’

Home secretary’s address in Washington will urge reform of UN convention and has already prompted concern from charities

The Guardian - UK

‘I am willing to wait for months’: Chinese Tiananmen critic ready for long haul in Taiwan transit lounge

Chen Siming pleads for safe passage to US, saying his situation is ‘dangerous and urgent’ amid Beijing’s pursuit of him

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Undocumented in Israel: For some Kerala tourists, Jerusalem journeys are a point of no return

As crowds carrying unlit candles mill about Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, travel agents who manage large groups of Holy Land tourists from Kerala keep an eye out. They could get into trouble if they lose sight of the men and women from their group looking for a chance…

Newslaundry

Sudanese asylum seekers sleep rough by Libya’s UNHCR office

Many refugees remain without shelter after making the arduous journey to Libya from war-torn Sudan.

Al Jazeera

Humanitarian crisis as 5m displaced by civil war in Sudan

IOM says half of country’s population now in need of aid and protection after months of violence

The Guardian - UK

Refugee wins last-minute extradition reprieve after trying to return from holiday

The Russian man, who claimed asylum in the UK, was arrested at Palermo airport and was told he would be sent back to his country of origin

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India’s Rohingya refugee children are not criminals

No Rohingya refugee child should die in a detention centre in India, and refugee children ought to be treated in a manner that upholds their right to life and development

The Hindu

Suella Braverman refusing to roll out asylum-support scheme deemed ‘more humane’

The UN hailed a pilot project that cut the cost of helping refugees, but the Home Office remains set on hardline illegal migration bill

The Guardian - UK

The Sudanese who fled war for weeks, now praying for a boat to Europe

Al Jazeera speaks to Sudanese refugees in Tunisia’s Sfax who dream of ‘complete security’ across the Mediterranean.

Al Jazeera

Afghans fled for a better future but 2 years later, it’s a dream for most

Millions of Afghans who have left their country since 2021 remain stuck in limbo as they seek to reach Western nations.

Al Jazeera

The UN and its partners ramp up their appeal for peace and aid at the 4-month mark of Sudan's war

Twenty U.N. and other international organizations have called for peace, access to humanitarian support and respect for human rights in Sudan at the four-month mark of its war

The Independent UK

Refugee photographers fight to raise awareness about plight of Rohingya in Bangladesh

A number of talented photographers who are also residents of the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in southeastern Bangladesh are using their art to raise awareness about the plight of their people, the Rohingya. They are currently trying to raise awareness about malnutrition in the camps – a…

France 24

Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots say it’s lawful

The United Nations refugee agency says it’s “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100 Syrian nationals from Cyprus to Lebanon without screening to determine whether they need legal protection and who may be deported back to their war-wracked homeland

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Al Jazeera

Fighting in Sudan’s Omdurman intensifies as displaced tops 4 million

The army is trying to recapture territory lost to the RSF by taking back control of a bridge across the Nile.

The Independent UK

The monthslong conflict in Sudan has displaced over 4 million people, a UN official says

The United Nations says Sudan’s escalating conflict has driven more than 4 million people from their homes, including over 884,000 who have fled to neighboring countries

The Guardian - US

UN bodies call for urgent action over Panama’s Darién Gap migration route

UN Refugee Agency and IOM urge steps – including more legal pathways for migrants – to curb humanitarian crisis

Al Jazeera

Nine years after the Yazidi genocide, what’s next for survivors?

The implementation of a transitional justice framework in Iraq could address atrocities committed by ISIL.

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The Conversation

Our cruel and costly offshore processing system was a failure. We have a better solution on asylum policy

It has been over a decade since Australia revived its offshore processing regime for asylum seekers, yet revelations of the policy’s human and financial failures keep coming.

Newslaundry

‘Crisis entirely of our own making’: Sanjib Baruah on ‘China role’ in Manipur violence and more

Amid extensive coverage of the violence in Manipur, there has been speculation about a communal angle to the standoff between Kukis and Meiteis in the state. While some have tried to draw a link between Meitei mobilisation and Hindutva elements, there have also been murmurs about a China role. But…

The Walrus

The Other Front: Ukraine’s Cultural Revolution

As the country fights for its right to exist, Ukrainians at home and abroad are embracing their language, literature, and heroic figures

Radio France Internationale

UK’s controversial illegal migration bill set to become law

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s controversial illegal migration plan is set to become law after the government defeated attempts by parliament's upper house to make changes to the legislation.

The Conversation

Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches pose risks to people giving sensitive biometric data

The number of refugees worldwide reached record high levels in 2022. More than 108.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes because of violence or persecution. Meanwhile, governments and aid agencies are increasingly using a controversial method of effectively identifying and tracking many refugees.

Al Jazeera

UN warns of ‘full-scale civil war’ in Sudan, Egypt to host summit

Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a war that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warns.

Radio France Internationale

Chad braces for thousands of refugees fleeing 'incredible violence' in Sudan

Since April, more than 170,000 people have fled Sudan across the Chadian border, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. As the conflict in Sudan enters its 13th week with no resolution in sight, the agency's staff in Chad only foresee more people coming.

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