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Yvette Cooper urged to lift ’cruel’ pause on Syrian asylum decisions
Asylum seekers say they are in limbo and charities have expressed ‘deep concern’ as claims paused after Assad regime’s fall
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Israeli strikes kill at least 28 people just hours after the UN calls for a ceasefire in Gaza
Refugee camp and aid convoy security personnel reportedly targeted amid food shortages and fears of famine in the region
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Home Office trial doubles refugees’ housing deadline before eviction
Charities and politicians praise increase to 56 days but press for move to be made permanent
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Hundreds arrested in Northern Ireland during a crackdown on people smugglers
Gangs charging €8,000 for illegal travel packages that avoid crossing Channel on small boats
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Mayors in France push to tear up key border deal with Britain, calling it too lenient on illegal migration
The local leaders want Paris to renegotiate the 2003 Le Touquet Treaty
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Tommy Robinson sentenced to 18 months in jail after admitting contempt of court
Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon sentenced for making false claims about a refugee.
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Croatian police accused of burning asylum seekers’ phones and passports
Photos of burnt belongings – including documents needed to apply for asylum – are the latest alleged evidence of brutality on EU borders
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No safe haven for Tajiks: How the EU deports refugees to Emomali Rahmon’s dictatorship on false ISIS charges
Belgian authorities are expected to make a decision soon regarding the extradition of Sitoramo Ibrohimova, a refugee from Tajikistan.
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Tommy Robinson ’flees UK’ hours before scheduled High Court appearance
Tommy Robinson fled the UK hours after being bailed ahead of a hearing for a High Court case against him, judges have been told.
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Family-of-five living in mouldy flat with bathroom covered in damp for a year
A family of five is pleading with the council for help in maintaining their mould-ridden flat where the ceiling is 'dangerously caving in' and the bathroom is filled with mould
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Pride of Britain Award winner says she 'had to make my life one worth saving'
Pride of Britain Award winner Dame Stephanie Shirley has spent her life fighting prejudice, as well as educating and inspiring others after she came to the UK on Kindertransport as a Jewish refugee
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Pain of Ukrainians on 2-year anniversary as many lose hope they'll ever return
Two years on since war broke out between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainians helping refugees here in the UK say many face uncertainty whether they can ever return home
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Ukrainians who fled to UK will be allowed to stay for 18 months longer
Two thirds of refugees surveyed in September said the looming deadline had hampered their ability to find work. And 90% said they felt “unsettled” because of the time limit
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Striking images which 'define modern Britain' win prestigious award
A photograph of a lady at home, decked out in a full Union Jack outfit, and a picture of a young refugee from Eritrea in front of a global flag display at school define modern Britain
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Ukrainian mum flees to UK after soldier points machine gun at her son
Mum Daria Sezonenka, 32, fled her home city of Kherson in Ukraine with her six-year-old son and has settled in the UK thanks to the Homes for Ukraine Programme
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Meet the refugee teens using their pain to help lost children
The three youngsters, who created an app that could support unaccompanied refugee children, have been rewarded been awarded the world’s most prestigious youth prize - The International ­Children’s Peace Prize
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Rwanda opposition leader urges UK to ditch £240m migrant deal amid fears
A dissident in Rwanda who spent eight years in prison for challenging the regime has raised alarm about the money the UK is sending to the country in an attempt to get its migrant deal underway
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Details of £40k secret immigration 'deal' between Suella Braverman and Sunak
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed she and Rishi Sunak reached an agreement on policies to limit net migration in the run-up to him becoming Prime Minister last autumn, including on a £40,000 minimum salary
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Jewish refugee who escaped Nazis during WWII meets Ukrainian exiles in UK
To mark the 85th anniversary of the mission to rescue Jewish children from Nazism, one woman saved by the scheme met for an emotional embrace with another family forced to flee to the UK from Ukraine
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Rishi Sunak announces emergency laws to send migrants to Rwanda
The Prime Minister used a Downing Street press conference to announce plans for emergency legislation in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that the Rwanda plan is unlawful
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Inside Mirror's most iconic images showing the contribution of migrants to UK
Conference-goers and the general public were able to visit 35 portraits at the Museum of Liverpool from our People Move Instagram project to celebrate 100 extraordinary people
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Asylum lawyers threatened with acid attacks and pet killings by far-right thugs
Lawyer James Elliott read out a chilling letter received by his office which threatened to "deal with" those who assist asylum seekers - saying someone will be killed if politicians don't dial down hate speech
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Being gay or a woman not enough to qualify for asylum, warns Suella Braverman
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has flown to the US to give a speech on rewriting international human rights rules as thousands of desperate people make dangerous Channel crossings
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Huge £50K reward in bid to find missing mum's body so 'daughter gets answers'
Hadir Al-Enezi vanished after arriving in the UK in 2018 - and police have revealed a devastating hypothesis that she was murdered in a targeted attack. Anyone with information which leads police to the body will now receive a £50,000 reward
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Tories accused of having 'blood on hands' after six migrants die in Channel
Today's Channel tragedy, which claimed the lives of at least six people, comes just hours after the plan to house asylum seekers on a barge turned into a fiasco
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