Number of refugees allowed to settle in UK under UN schemes falls 26% in a year

Refugee Council says Home Office figures show safe and legal pathways are ‘disappearing when most needed’

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Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui

Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer

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‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform

As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy

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At least 49 relatives and colleagues of Afghans in data leak have been killed, study suggests

Research also finds 200 of 231 people notified by MoD of breach reported threats to themselves or families

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Community Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways: global refugee resettlement movements driven by local actors

This special issue brings together the first collection of articles examining conceptual and empirical dimensions of the new Community Sponsorship and ...

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Global refugee sponsorship scheme could improve perceptions of refugees in the UK – research - University of Birmingham

The UK should develop a ‘global’ sponsorship programme to give all sponsored refugees the same rights and entitlements, according to new research.

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Report Launch: Shaping the future of community sponsorship

Join us for the launch of our report exploring UK refugee sponsorship: community sponsorship, homes for Ukraine and communities for Afghans

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Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton

Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner

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Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse

Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’

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The moral and economic costs of Farage’s plan to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers

Key planks of policy include Human Rights Act repeal and potential payments to countries such as Iran and Afghanistan

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‘I can’t sleep, I can’t get on with my life’: how Europe’s tougher rules are keeping families apart

Tighter family reunification laws are causing long separations, traumatising children, and can push people towards traffickers, campaigners say

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I'm a legal refugee in Britain. So why am I always being treated like a criminal? | Ayman Alhussein

I’ve met wonderful people here who make me feel that I belong – but there are now many who see asylum seekers as an easy political target, says film-maker Ayman Alhussein

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UK party leaders urged to end ‘pernicious currents’ of hatred fuelling anti-migrant protests

More than 200 refugee groups, charities and unions sign letter calling for action after weeks of protests outside asylum hotels

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‘Why is this happening?’: violent attacks terrify Ireland’s immigrant community

Spate of physical incidents includes attack on a six-year-old girl at a County Waterford housing estate

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‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year

Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’

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‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones

Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out

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Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report

Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions

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‘Every human being deserves dignity’: asylum seeker in Essex hotel calls for understanding

Man housed at hotel targeted in protests writes letter urging people not to resort to harmful stereotypes

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‘The matter is in his hands alone’: president of Sierra Leone urged to ban FGM as court rules it tantamount to torture

The Ecowas court of justice has ordered the West African country to criminalise female genital mutilation after hearing the case of a woman brutally forced to undergo the practice

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‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

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Our Médecins Sans Frontières staff are being killed in Gaza. Why are UK ministers enabling that? | Natalie Roberts

Britain has a duty to act morally, and stop supporting this genocide, says Médecins Sans Frontières UK executive director Dr Natalie Roberts

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Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites

Doctors say hundreds have been wounded by Israeli gunfire while trying to reach convoys

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Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’

Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza

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Exiles from Uganda’s harsh anti-gay laws now fear ‘moral panic’ legislation could follow them

Gay people who found sanctuary in neighbouring Kenya now fear a new family protection bill could once again threaten their rights

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Campus Week on Citizenship, Civil Society and Integration gathered PhD Students from Different Countries and Disciplines

During the first week of May, PhD students from different countries and disciplines came together at the University of Gothenburg for an inspiring and intensive campus week, marking the conclusion of ...

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The least ‘integrated’ part of British society isn’t the immigrants – it’s the elite | Andy Beckett

Politicians and the rightwing press talk about integration in a selective and politically loaded way. The reality is quite different, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Cutting aid for girls’ education isn’t just wrong – it’s economically illiterate | Larry Elliott

This slash-and-burn approach is indefensible and would have been anathema to previous Labour governments, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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