Search results for ‘UN refugee’
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Rohingya mass graves discovered in Mynamar
The UN has called for an investigation into an alleged massacre at a village in Myanmar, as new evidence emerges of more than five mass graves containing the remains of Rohingya muslims in Rakhine State. Rohingya refugees who have fled the onslaught of the Burmese army described scenes of horror in the village of Gu…
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Warnings of catastrophe in Idlib and Ghouta
Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled their homes. Now officials are warning of a potential “refugee catastrophe” amid a ferocious government assault on Idlib, the last Syrian province under rebel control. Aid organisations are also warning of another humanitarian catastrophe in eastern Goutha, where hundreds of thousands of people are trapped under heavy bombardment.
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Rohingya crisis: UK sending medical aid to Bangladesh
The UK is sending doctors and nurses to Bangladesh, to try to save Rohingya Muslim refugees from the spread of a deadly diphtheria outbreak. In the camps sheltering people who’ve fled violence in Myanmar, there are around 160 new cases of the bacterial infection every day. The British team will treat those who’ve caught the…
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No, 84 per cent of “child migrants” in Sweden are not adults
Leave.EU have made one claim that’s misleading, and another claim that’s simply wrong. FactCheck takes a look.
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Migrants living in dire conditions in Serbia
It was a crisis that upended a continent. In 2015, more than a million refugees and migrants made their way to Europe fleeing war, persecution and economic hardship. Then in 2016, the EU implemented a deal to stem the numbers of people coming in. Despite toughened controls, many people are still finding some way of…
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Kate Allen: Rohingya atrocities are a ‘crime against humanity’
Myanmar has signed a deal with Bangladesh to send hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees back home. Earlier today Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi met the Bangladeshi foreign minister to discuss the details of the agreement. They say repatriations will begin within the next two months. More than 600 thousand people have crossed…
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Rohingya: how Channel 4 News has reported the crisis over the last five years
More than a quarter of a million Muslim Rohingya have fled Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh in the last two weeks to escape the cycle of violence gripping their country. Many accuse Buddhist mobs and the Burmese military, which is fighting Rohingya militants who have attacked police posts, of burning their villages and attacking civilians. This…
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FactCheck Q&A: Has the migration crisis improved since the death of Alan Kurdi?
It has been two years since Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old boy from Syria, was found washed up on a beach in Turkey. Since then, has the migration crisis improved or changed? And how many more people have died? FactCheck looked at the figures.
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Michael Moore on Brexit: ‘Enjoy your miserable life on your island’
Now, the increasingly surreal world of the Trump White House got even more surreal today after transcripts emerged of phone calls Trump made with world leaders just after he entered office. Among other things, he claims he is “the world’s greatest person” and complains about taking in refugees who wouldn’t get a job with “the…
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The Grenfell Tower fire: Britain’s worst fire in a century
The Grenfell tragedy is on a scale not seen for decades in the United Kingdom. It has exposed acute divisions in society, dangerous weaknesses in social housing, planning, and fire regulations, and a gaping lack of trust between some of the most vulnerable and the authorities charged with looking after them.
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Rescued African migrants say they are fleeing slavery
Italy has threatened to stop foreign boats carrying migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea from docking in its ports unless other EU countries do more to help. It comes amid a surge in arrivals in recent days, as we reported last night from aboard a German rescue vessel. Tonight we hear from the migrants…
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Rise in migrants crossing Mediterranean tests rescuers
In recent days, calming seas in the Mediterranean have seen a huge rise in the number of people attempting the perilous crossing from north Africa to Europe. Aid agencies have rescued thousands of the migrants and refugees who have been crammed on to often barely seaworthy boats run by smugglers and criminal gangs. For the…
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“As far as I can see [refurbishment] was a vanity project”: Kensington housing campaigner
We were joined by Abdulaziz Almashi who is a friend of Mohammed Al Haj Ali, a Syrian refugee who died in the fire, Mathilde Glossup is a community organiser from the Harrow Center, where she has been organising donations and supporting young people affected by the fire, and Piers Thompson who has been involved in…
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FactCheck Q&A: does Macron’s victory mark the death of right-wing populism?
Macron’s French presidency win has been hailed as a victory against the “populist revolution”. FactCheck takes a closer look.
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Jan Egeland on Yemen
Jan Egeland, aid expert and secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
