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As the UN turns 80, its crucial humanitarian aid work faces a clouded future

As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary, its humanitarian operations are increasingly in doubt as its top donor — the United States — has cut funding under the Trump administration and some other top Western countries have followed suit

The Independent UK

War With Iran Could Create Millions of Refugees

Iranians are already beginning to flee to neighboring countries.

Reason

No Friend but the Mountains at Barbican: 'speaks powerfully to the plight of refugees worldwide'

4/5 Luke Styles’ orchestral piece inspired by Behrouz Boochani’s account of detention on Manus Island was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus during Refugee Week

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Refugee numbers reach record high as global aid funding drops

Aid and human rights agencies gathered on Friday under the umbrella of World Refugee Day to call for solidarity with people forced to flee their homes due to war, persecution or famine at a time when global funding for aid is dropping.

Radio France Internationale

Food rations are halved in one of Africa's largest refugee camps after US aid cuts

More than 300,000 refugees in the Kakuma camp in remote Kenya have had their food rations cut in half

The Independent UK

World Refugee Day: Jeny BSG calls for action with Dance4refugees

International dance icon Jeny Bonsenge, also known as Jeny BSG, launched a dance challenge earlier this month as a call to action in support of refugees. In the run-up to World Refugee Day, she spoke to Euronews about her motivation to work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Euronews

These are 5 things the UN does that you may not have known

The United Nations’ vast system has tackled everything from delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to providing crucial peacekeeping operations in conflict zones

The Independent UK

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LA archbishop slams Trump’s ‘cruel and arbitrary’ immigration agenda

Archbishop José Gomez accused the administration of having ‘no immigration policy beyond the stated goal of deporting thousands of people each day’

The Independent UK

World Refugee Day: Prolonged refugee separation is harming families — and Canada’s economy

As World Refugee Day approaches on June 20, advocates and health experts are calling on the Canadian government to urgently address prolonged family separation for refugees. With wait times for family reunification now averaging more than four years, critics say the delays are causing irreparable harm to refugee families and…

The Conversation

What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture

Humanitarian needs are rising around the world. At the same time, major donors such as the US and the UK are pulling back support, placing increasing strain on already overstretched aid systems.

The Conversation

Tributes paid to charity worker found fatally stabbed in her London home

Annabel Rook, 46, who helped refugees and women fleeing domestic violence, described as ‘profound force for good’

The Guardian - UK

Charity boss found stabbed to death in house after gas explosion is named

Annabel Rook, 46, co-founded charity MamaSuze CIC, which supported refugee and migrant women who had fled domestic violence

The Independent UK

Art workshop helps refugee women to celebrate 'strength found in community'

A group of refugee and asylum-seeking women in a Scottish city are using creativity and community to promote mental health

The National (Scotland)

Voices: Why I am walking backwards in every London borough – for refugees like me

COMMENT: As queer African refugees, we are walking – one forwards, one backwards – to challenge cruelty in the asylum system and protest against structures that criminalises who we are, write Joel Mordi and Amanda Kamanda

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A sweet moment for refugee schoolchildren

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International Business Times

UN Refugee Agency Says Will Shed 3,500 Jobs Due To Funding Cuts

The UN refugee agency said Monday it will cut 3,500 staff jobs -- slashing nearly a third of its workforce costs -- due to a funding shortfall, and reduce the scale of its help worldwide.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s not quite what I had in mind entering my eighth decade’: the London librarian of Lesbos

Rather than retiring to Greece, 71-year-old Ruth Miller created ‘a sanctuary of hope and healing’ in a refugee camp

Reason

Trump's Immigrant Removals Aren't Technically Deportations. So What Are They?

Deportation means expelling an alien back to their home country for violating immigration law. Many of the Trump administration's actions don't meet that definition.

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The Independent UK

Voices: From Uganda to Gaza, Sudan to Ukraine, children are paying the price of a global failure of empathy

COMMENT: On World Refugee Day, we remember that the most vulnerable refugees are children, writes the actress and War Child ambassador Carey Mulligan – those who have lost not only their homes but so often their right to a childhood

The Independent UK

‘I was lying between a lorry and a train’: One refugee’s two-year journey from Sudan to the UK

In Independent Studio's latest series UNHEARD, Ismail shares how he risked everything on a dangerous journey to the UK in hopes of supporting his family—many of whom remain in Sudan’s war-ravaged Zamzam refugee camp

Capital & Main

Attacks on Immigrants Put Erie’s Revival in Danger

The once-declining Rust Belt city of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been bouncing back, partly thanks to immigration. The Trump administration’s policies threaten that growth.

We Got This Covered

‘Really struggling’: Trump’s Afrikaner ‘refugees’ said to be abandoned, miserable, missing South Africa

"The irony is now they are refugees for real."

Euronews

Far-right Turkish politician Ümit Özdağ goes on trial for allegedly inciting anti-Syrian riots

Özdağ is blamed for last year's anti-Syrian refugee riots in the central Turkish province of Kayseri, during which hundreds of homes and businesses were attacked.

The National (Scotland)

Refugee festival exhibition showcases work by displaced artists

An art exhibition showcasing the works of refugees from Ukraine, Afghanistan, and other countries has opened its doors to the public

The Independent UK

UN refugee agency says more than 122 million people forcibly displaced worldwide

The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people forcible displaced by violence and persecution around the world has risen to more than 122 million, up by about 2 million from last year and a near-doubling over the last decade

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