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Turkey-Greece tensions spiral into bigger crisis over 92 naked refugees
Oct 19, 2022 16:03Turkey and Greece have again traded barbs over the ill-treatment of refugees after more than 90 asylum-seekers were found naked on the Greek side of the Evros River earlier this week.
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Aoun condemns 'suspicious international efforts' to keep Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Aug 19, 2022 10:27Lebanese President Michel Aoun has denounced “suspicious” international efforts to keep Syrian refugees in Lebanon, stating that the Beirut government will power through with its plan to begin repatriating tens of thousands of Syrian nationals living in the country back to Syria.
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Dutch plan to place refugees on cruise ships slammed as ‘absurd’
Jul 23, 2022 07:42The Dutch government's plan to house non-Ukrainian refugees arriving in the Netherlands on floating cruise ships has sparked controversy in the European nation with critics slamming the move as “absurd.”
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Bodies of 20 migrants found in Libyan desert two weeks after last contact
Jun 30, 2022 04:21The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert near Chad have been found, the ambulance service say, showing pictures of them lying around a black pickup truck on the sand.
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Biden to meet Lopez Obrador after summit snub amid border 'lack of control'
Jun 29, 2022 03:59US President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are scheduled to meet next month.
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Revealed: Dozens of vulnerable asylum seekers have died in UK Home Office housing since 2020
Jun 28, 2022 14:28New data obtained in a joint investigation by the Observer and Liberty Investigates has found at least 107 deaths of asylum seekers who were provided with Home Office housing between April 2016 and May 2022, far more than officially admitted, eighty-two have died since January 2020.
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UK vows to pursue asylum policy after Rwanda flight canceled
Jun 15, 2022 07:26Britain has vowed to pursue its controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda after the European human rights court issued last-minute injunctions to stop the deportation of the first group of migrants.
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UK deportation flight to Rwanda grounded after European Court steps in
Jun 15, 2022 01:13Britain’s plan to send the first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda has been stalled after the European human rights court issued last-minute injunctions to stop the deportation.
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UK set to deport first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda despite warnings
Jun 14, 2022 06:55The British government is set to send the first plane of asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday, a plan the UN refugee chief has described as “catastrophic”.
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UN blasts UK 'dishonesty' in deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda
Jun 12, 2022 02:58Britain's government has been given the go-ahead to begin deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda and the first flight could leave next week.