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"F**k Right Off': Shabana Mahmood Hits Back At 'White Liberal' Hecklers
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has defended her immigration policies after being heckled at a West End theatre, telling "white liberals" to "fk right off" and rejecting claims she is copying Reform UK, as she faces growing opposition from within Labour and from charities.
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5th Iranian Woman Footballer Gives Up Asylum In Australia, Returns Home
The Iranian authorities have welcomed the female soccer player's change of heart as a victory against Australia and US President Donald Trump. The Iranians livin in Australia blame pressure from Tehran.
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US Cuts Down Work Permit Validity For Refugees, Asylum Seekers To 18 Months
US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday cut to 18 months from five years the period of time work permits are valid for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants.
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More US Citizens Applying For Refugee Status In Canada, Shows Data
More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday by Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board.
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Pakistani Christian Asylum Seeker Awarded Rs 1 Crore After Alleged Mistreatment By UK Officials
Nadra Almas, a Pakistani asylum seeker, was awarded 98,757.04 pounds in compensation by the UK Home Office after she was unlawfully detained and subjected to conditions that breached her human rights.
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SpaceX Sued by US Justice Department Over Alleged Discrimination in Hiring
The US Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for allegedly discriminating against asylum seekers and refugees in hiring. In job postings and public statements over several years, SpaceX wrongly claimed that under federal regulations known as export control laws, SpaceX could hire only US citizens an...
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'Survivor Syndrome': Ukraine Refugees Cope With Guilt Of Fleeing War
Ukrainian refugee Lana Lisetska has forgiven herself for "being saved" and is rebuilding her life thanks to a programme that tackles the often overlooked mental health struggles of people fleeing the war.
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A 3rd Of UK Overseas Aid Spent On Refugees, Asylum Seekers: Foreign Office
Britain is spending almost a third of its overseas aid budget on supporting refugees and asylum seekers inside the UK, according to official figures published Wednesday.
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"Human Disco Ball": Woman Running 2,500 Km To Help Refugees And Asylum Seekers
In an effort to raise money to support asylum seekers being held in UK detention facilities, a lady dressed as a large disco ball is running a long marathon.
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Ex-German Chancellor Wins UN Award For Resettling Syrian Refugees
Pointing to the more than 1.2 million asylum seekers welcomed by Germany in 2015 and 2016, the UNHCR selection committee hailed former Chancellor Angela Merkel's "leadership, courage and compassion."
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Despite UN Criticism, UK To Send Asylum Seekers To Rwanda
The British government was due to send a first plane carrying failed asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday despite last-ditch legal bids to block the deportations, mounting protests and UN criticism.
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Indian Asylum-Seeker Sets Refugee Camp On Fire At Port Near Australia
An Indian man who tried to kill himself by setting fire to his room at a refugee camp in Papua New Guinea faces charges of arson and attempted suicide, the police said. Asylum seeker Ravinder Singh, in his 30s, locked himself in a shipping container room at a camp on Manus Island on Friday and started a blaze that engulfed two other rooms before be...
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Record 70.8 Million People Displaced At End Of 2018: UN
More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday.
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Record 70.8 Million People Displaced At End Of 2018, Says United Nations
More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday.
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Justin Trudeau Confirms Canada Has Granted Asylum To Saudi Teen
An 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who fled her family and armed only with Twitter staved off deportation from Thailand has been accepted as a refugee by Canada.
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"F**k Right Off': Shabana Mahmood Hits Back At 'White Liberal' Hecklers
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has defended her immigration policies after being heckled at a West End theatre, telling "white liberals" to "fk right off" and rejecting claims she is copying Reform UK, as she faces growing opposition from within Labour and from charities.
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5th Iranian Woman Footballer Gives Up Asylum In Australia, Returns Home
The Iranian authorities have welcomed the female soccer player's change of heart as a victory against Australia and US President Donald Trump. The Iranians livin in Australia blame pressure from Tehran.
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US Cuts Down Work Permit Validity For Refugees, Asylum Seekers To 18 Months
US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday cut to 18 months from five years the period of time work permits are valid for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants.
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More US Citizens Applying For Refugee Status In Canada, Shows Data
More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday by Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board.
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Pakistani Christian Asylum Seeker Awarded Rs 1 Crore After Alleged Mistreatment By UK Officials
Nadra Almas, a Pakistani asylum seeker, was awarded 98,757.04 pounds in compensation by the UK Home Office after she was unlawfully detained and subjected to conditions that breached her human rights.
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SpaceX Sued by US Justice Department Over Alleged Discrimination in Hiring
The US Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for allegedly discriminating against asylum seekers and refugees in hiring. In job postings and public statements over several years, SpaceX wrongly claimed that under federal regulations known as export control laws, SpaceX could hire only US citizens an...
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'Survivor Syndrome': Ukraine Refugees Cope With Guilt Of Fleeing War
Ukrainian refugee Lana Lisetska has forgiven herself for "being saved" and is rebuilding her life thanks to a programme that tackles the often overlooked mental health struggles of people fleeing the war.
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A 3rd Of UK Overseas Aid Spent On Refugees, Asylum Seekers: Foreign Office
Britain is spending almost a third of its overseas aid budget on supporting refugees and asylum seekers inside the UK, according to official figures published Wednesday.
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"Human Disco Ball": Woman Running 2,500 Km To Help Refugees And Asylum Seekers
In an effort to raise money to support asylum seekers being held in UK detention facilities, a lady dressed as a large disco ball is running a long marathon.
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Ex-German Chancellor Wins UN Award For Resettling Syrian Refugees
Pointing to the more than 1.2 million asylum seekers welcomed by Germany in 2015 and 2016, the UNHCR selection committee hailed former Chancellor Angela Merkel's "leadership, courage and compassion."
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Despite UN Criticism, UK To Send Asylum Seekers To Rwanda
The British government was due to send a first plane carrying failed asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday despite last-ditch legal bids to block the deportations, mounting protests and UN criticism.
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Indian Asylum-Seeker Sets Refugee Camp On Fire At Port Near Australia
An Indian man who tried to kill himself by setting fire to his room at a refugee camp in Papua New Guinea faces charges of arson and attempted suicide, the police said. Asylum seeker Ravinder Singh, in his 30s, locked himself in a shipping container room at a camp on Manus Island on Friday and started a blaze that engulfed two other rooms before be...
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Record 70.8 Million People Displaced At End Of 2018: UN
More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday.
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Record 70.8 Million People Displaced At End Of 2018, Says United Nations
More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday.
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Justin Trudeau Confirms Canada Has Granted Asylum To Saudi Teen
An 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who fled her family and armed only with Twitter staved off deportation from Thailand has been accepted as a refugee by Canada.
