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UN urges swift action to help millions of displaced people across Africa

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has warned that without concerted peace efforts in war-torn Sudan, people will continue to flee to neighbouring countries. Filippo Grandi's comments came ahead of World Refugee Day Thursday, when he highlighted the desperate plight of millions of refugees and internally displaced people across Africa.

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Journalist Sally Hayden on the plight of refugees and migrants trapped in Libya

June 20 marks World Refugee Day and this year's theme is solidarity with refugees. Our Perspective guest is someone who understands the plight of refugees only too well. Sally Hayden is an award-winning journalist and the author of "My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration…

France 24

‘I was shot in the leg back home’: the refugees reviving rural Spain

Depopulation can be a serious problem – ultimately, a shrinking community can’t maintain its services. But asylum seekers are bringing ghost villages back to life

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World Refugee Day 2024: everything you need to know

This year’s theme is Solidarity with Refugees

Evening Standard

UN experts say firms arming Israel could be complicit in human rights violations

A group of United Nations experts on Thursday warned arms manufacturers against taking part in the transfer of weapons to Israel, saying it could make them complicit in human rights abuses and violations of international law. The UN experts said on Thursday the risk to arms firms had increased since…

France 24

Tensions bubble as Sudanese refugees feel resentment from Chadian hosts

Some 600,000 Sudanese are seeking safety in Chad, but host communities are blaming them for using up scarce resources.

Al Jazeera

World Refugee Day: Iranian singer Shab on fleeing her home, oppression and her hopes for the future

Pop singer fled Iran as a child and has since become a vocal campaigner for women’s rights

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Russian invasion has forced 6.5 million Ukrainians to flee country, UN says

More than 120 million people have been forcibly displaced by war, violence and persecution – a number the UN's refugee agency describes as a "terrible indictment on the state of the world". More than 6.5 million people have been displaced in Ukraine alone, the UNHCR reported on Thursday, World Refugee…

Radio France Internationale

Hundreds of tiny 'homes' in Hunter to celebrate unity and finding freedom

Hands-on project honours the Hunter's rich cultural tapestry

Newcastle Herald

Thousands of refugees in Indonesia have spent years awaiting resettlement. Their future is unclear

Hundreds of refugees are living in community housing on an island in northwestern Indonesia while waiting for resettlement in a third country

The Independent UK

Finding peace in petals after horror of bombs in Gaza

Two young women who fled the Israeli assault on Gaza a few months ago are the latest recruits in a Melbourne florist shop employing refugees and asylum-seekers.

AAP

German conservatives urge clampdown on Ukrainian refugees’ benefits

CDU’s Thomas Strobl leads calls for change in policy, with welfare payments higher than in neighbouring countries

The Guardian - UK

One man's fight to educate girls and beat the Taliban

A newly arrived refugee and ex-interpreter for Australian troops set up underground schools in Afghanistan for girls banned from learning by the Taliban.

AAP

EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’

Egypt forcibly returned 800 Sudanese detainees in first three months of this year, Amnesty International reports

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Girl, 14, fatally fell from Devon sea wall with missing safety features, inquest told

Improved lighting or markings would have mitigated risk of Ukrainian refugee’s death, Network Rail official tells hearing

The Guardian - UK

At least 17 killed in Gaza refugee camps after latest Israeli strikes, say medics

Airstrikes kill Palestinians in historic Nuseirat and Bureij camps as tanks advance into Rafah in south

Al Jazeera

Starving to death is as scary as the war for Sudanese refugees in Chad

The looming famine in Sudan is pushing thousands of civilians from Darfur to flee to Chad, say refugees and aid groups.

AAP

Regions can benefit from untapped skilled refugee pool

Skilled refugees can plug the chronic labour shortages in regional Australia with around 80,000 jobs advertised monthly across the regions this year.

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Dead Calm: Killing in the Med? review – devastating landmark TV that demands answers

This gut-punch documentary about the deaths of more than 500 asylum seekers – and the masked men rounding up refugees – makes a specific, horrific allegation. There should be severe consequences

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Theo James Opens Up About His Grandfather's Experience as a Refugee as He Announces New Role With the UN Refugee Agency

The actor explained the role hits close to home for him.

AAP

Readying refugees for when natural disasters strike

A Somali refugee in Townsville is leading the way in educating newly arrived groups about disaster resilience preparing for Queensland's summer cyclone season.

The Canberra Times

'How can I make a better life?': ACT refugees struggle to find their feet

Support organisations say they are overwhelmed with demand.

International Business Times

Shunned By West, Russian Army Deserters Live In Fear

Russian officer Farkhad Ziganshin had prepared himself for a life of military service since a young age.

AAP

Refugee Week marked as 120 million displaced globally

Refugee Week in Australia is shining a light on the contributions of refugees as the UN says 120 million people are displaced worldwide due to conflicts.

The Guardian - UK

Children trapped in war zones because of UK refusal to ease refugee visa rules

‘Abject failure’ of family reunion scheme to provide legal route is leaving children at risk of trafficking or even death

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