The head of a UK aid charity has said the Rohingya people are victims of “crimes against humanity”. The Muslim minority refugees fleeing violence in their home state of Rakhine
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Scotland has met a target to provide homes for 2,000 Syrian refugees three years ahead of schedule. The UK Government has committed to resettling 20,000 people fleeing the war-torn country
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A scheme to relieve pressure on local councils caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is set to be rolled out. Under new legislation the National Transfer Scheme (NTS), which allows hard-pressed
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Six members of G4S staff have been sacked following undercover footage showing abuse of detainees at the Brook House immigration centre, it has been revealed. The dismissals were confirmed as
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Ministers have faced cross-party pressure to review the UK’s immigration detention centres. Liberal Democrat former cabinet minister Sir Ed Davey urged the Government to look at alternatives, while Labour’s Dan
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Two-thirds of women held at a controversial immigration removal centre are later released into the community, a watchdog report reveals. Inspectors said the finding raised questions about the justification for
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Actor David Morrissey says the Syrian refugee resettlement programme “provides a lifeline” for people to rebuild their lives. The star, who is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High
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Women who have survived rape and violence before coming to Britain are still routinely held in immigration detention, according to a new report. Campaigners say female asylum seekers are being
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Hundreds of refugees and migrants are believed to be in Calais and the surrounding area, a year after the Jungle camp was razed. It is thought between 700 and 800
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Former detainees and a charity have won a challenge against a Government policy change on torture said to have led to asylum seekers fleeing persecution being wrongly detained in UK
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