Simon Israel
Home Secretary accused of unlawful process to limit refugee children entering UK
The Home Secretary is accused of unlawfully setting limits to numbers of unaccompanied child refugees accepted into the UK.
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Refugee who fled war now aiming for the Olympics
He left everything behind when he fled the Syrian war. 24 year old Eid Aljazairili couldn’t even swim when he made the risky journey by boat across the Mediterranean – finally reaching the UK where he was granted asylum. He soon realised he had a passion – and rare gift – for swimming – and…
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Brother of Grenfell victim: ‘stay put’ fire policy should have been abandoned earlier
The brother of the first named victim of the Grenfell Tower fire says the fire brigade should have abandoned their “stay put” policy much earlier. Omar Al Haj-Ali and his brother Mohammed – both refugees from Syria – were told to stay put three times before deciding to flee, but only Omar made it out…
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Tima Kurdi interview on funding for Syrian rebels
The photographs of her 3-year-old nephew – his body washed up on a Turkish beach – became a symbol of the plight of Syrian refugees around the world.
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Neil Gaiman interview
From the epic trials of Thor to the halls of Valhalla, it seems Norse mythology has more than a few parallels with the uncertainty of today’s hyper-anxious world. A fact that hasn’t escaped the author Neil Gaiman.
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FactCheck: where in Britain will Syrian refugees live?
Britain has pledged to take in 4,000 Syrian refugees a year until 2020. Will they, like asylum claimants, end up living in the country’s poorest areas?
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FactCheck: are most migrants and refugees women and children?
Women and children now outnumber men among people trying to get into Europe, according to a charity. Fact or fiction?
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FactCheck: Donald Trump’s most outrageous claims
Donald Trump may be the most FactChecked presidential candidate in US history. These are his five biggest howlers.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Palmyra: Syrians condemn destruction of ancient site
People sometimes say that foreign journalists make too much of the wanton demolition in historical sites such as Palmyra and Nineveh. People’s lives matter more, they say.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Foreign policy: the ignored debate of election 2015
Labour and the Tories say they’ll spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence, as a Nato commitment. Both are pledged to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on foreign aid. Why? To what end?
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Lindsey Hilsum
Syria’s politics are infecting its humanitarian crisis
Eight million Syrians have been forced from their homes, says the UN, but the regime is refusing aid access to rebel-held suburbs surrounding the capital.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Syrian refugees admiring and baffled after UK’s ‘no war’ vote
Among Syrian refugees in Lebanon, there is admiration for the independence of British MPs – but also confusion over the west’s reluctance to act.
