Calls for investigation over deaths in Moroccan-Spanish border crossing
NGOs say toll could be as high as 37 after hundreds of people break into border control area in attempt to reach Melilla enclave Human...
Category : Refugees
Europe silent on plight of detainees in Libya, says migration chief
Federico Soda said there needed to be ‘more condemnation’ of the conditions in state-run detention centres in Libya Europe has been accused by a senior...
‘You hear bullets, you run’: Congolese refugees stream over Uganda’s border
As thousands flee the latest fighting in DRC to join 1.5m already in Uganda, the UN’s food aid agency is stretched as never before The...
Rwanda plan challenged over alleged failure to identify risks for LGBTQ+ refugees
Pre-action letter questions Home Office claims that east African country is ‘generally safe’ Priti Patel’s plan to send refugees on a one-way ticket to Rwanda...
Number of displaced people passes 100m for the first time, says UN
‘Staggering milestone’ calls for urgent international action to address underlying causes of conflict, persecution and the climate crisis, says high commissioner for refugees The UN...
‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021
Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report reveals Conflict and violence forced people from their homes a...
‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda
Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office’s controversial scheme It took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of...
Boat capsizes near Puerto Rico, killing 11 as a ‘mass rescue effort’ is under way
The total number of those aboard remains unclear although 31 have been rescued; the incident is the latest in a string across the region Eleven...
Fifty people to be sent to Rwanda in a fortnight, says Boris Johnson
PM says he will ‘dig in for the fight’ with ‘leftie lawyers’ challenging government’s plan for refugees Boris Johnson said 50 people have been told...
Priti Patel blames lawyers as she admits Rwanda plan will ‘take time’
Home secretary attacks ‘specialist lawyers’ as Labour calls delayed plan little more than a press release Priti Patel has admitted that it will take time...
