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Government vows to jail asylum seekers for steering dinghies across English Channel despite UN warning

UN Refugee Agency says asylum seekers who steer dinghies for no financial gain ‘are not smugglers and should not be prosecuted as such’

The Independent UK

Five million people have now fled Ukraine

More than seven million people have been displaced within the war-torn country

Manchester Evening News

Ukraine war refugees top 5 million as assault intensifies

The U.N. refugee agency says more than 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded the country

The Independent UK

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Number of refugees fleeing Ukraine war tops 5 million-UN agency

The number of people fleeing Ukraine to escape Russia's invasion has passed 5 million in Europe's worst refugee crisis since the end of World War Two, U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters

English Channel crossings: The proposed solutions Priti Patel was offered before striking Rwanda deal

Priti Patel accused critics of failing to ‘offer solutions’ but ministers have rebuffed numerous official recommendations since 2019

The Independent UK

US officials attend migration summit while policies under fire

High-level meetings are being held in Panama as rights advocates say risks for migrants exacerbated by US border push.

Al Jazeera

‘Immoral trade in human beings’: UK slammed for deporting asylum seekers in return for Rwanda refugees

Ministers also criticised for planning to send modern slavery victims to east African country despite condemning its failure to support trafficked people only last year

The Independent UK

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Spanish village changes its name to Ukraine in show of solidarity

Streets in Fuentes de Andalucia have also been renamed City of Kyiv, Odesa and Mariupol

The Independent UK

Turns out an awful lot of US politicians see no problem with kids going hungry

Last year the US government lifted millions of children out of poverty when it expanded the Child Tax Credit – and then the policy was simply chucked away

The Guardian - US

Priti Patel could face Home Office mutiny over Rwanda asylum plan

Unions say civil servants could stage mass walkouts after home secretary overruled their concerns

The Guardian - UK

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan breaches international law, says UN refugee agency

The UNHCR ‘strongly condemns’ policy of sending migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully more than 4,000 miles to Africa

The Independent UK

UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable

The Guardian - UK

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan policy against international law, says UN

The UNHCR said it ‘strongly condemns’ the plan to send migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully, to Africa.

The Independent UK

UN, rights groups alarmed over British refugee deal with Rwanda

The UNHCR and human rights groups have voiced their opposition to a deal signed bewteen London and Kigali that would see thousands of illegal migrants in the UK resettled in Rwanda, or returned to their country of origin.

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The Independent UK

UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda despite granting protection to dozens fleeing nation in past decade

Expert warns of immediate concern those being sent to African country could face similar threats to those who have fled in recent years

Al Jazeera

UK should stop single men hosting Ukrainian refugee women: UN

UNHCR raises alarm as investigation reveals how single men proposed sharing beds with vulnerable women fleeing war.

The Independent UK

How to apply for the Homes for Ukraine scheme in the UK

UK government has announced a scheme that would welcome more refugees into the country

Daily Mirror

Rwanda's human rights record from genocide to torture - as UK plan to send asylum seekers

The UK government is set to unveil its controversial plans to tackle channel crossings by 'offshoring' migrants to Rwanda. Labour called the plans 'unworkable and unethical'

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Radio France Internationale

Stay or go? Tough choice for Ivorian refugees living in Liberia for two decades

Jealian Didier fled his native Côte d'Ivoire after fighting broke out nearly 20 years ago. The 46-year-old father of five is among some 200 refugees finally returning from northern Liberia, where they've lived since 2003. Others, however, prefer to remain in their adopted homeland.

The Guardian - AU

Thursday briefing: UK may send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Government set to unveil new measures for refugee claimants … Johnson faces more Partygate fines … and Gibraltar’s trash mountain

The Guardian - UK

UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing

Deal to outsource process, described by Labour as ‘unworkable and unethical’, among range of measures to be unveiled

Reuters

UN agency voices concern over UK's 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) voiced concern on Wednesday over a UK scheme that allows British residents to house Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, saying the programme could be exploited without adequate safeguards.

The Independent UK

UN agency warns UK not to match Ukrainian women and children with single men

The UNHCR has called for a ‘more appropriate’ process where refugees are matched with families or couples under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

The Independent UK

UK must stop single men matching with lone refugee women under Ukraine scheme, says UN

UN refugee agency calls for ‘more appropriate matching process’ under Britain’s Homes for Ukraine scheme

The Guardian - UK

Stop matching lone female Ukraine refugees with single men, UK told

UN agency intervenes after claims predatory men using Homes for Ukraine scheme to target vulnerable

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