Ministers are under fire for dramatically slashing funding for the support of hundreds of unaccompanied asylum-seeker children despite the rising numbers fleeing the war in Syria. Cash-strapped town halls are
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The majority of Scotland’s 32 councils have already indicated a willingness to accommodate refugees affected by the current humanitarian crisis, Europe Minister Humza Yousaf said yesterday. Mr Yousaf was speaking
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed the Scottish Government will invest an initial £1M to ensure that services across Scotland are prepared to deal with the arrival of refugees. The
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Some refugees in Northern Ireland are facing destitution and have problems in accessing benefits and other support, the British Red Cross warned. Applicants for asylum are not entitled to state
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In 2007, IRISS undertook a digital preservation project to share – and safeguard – the migration story of 10,000 ‘orphans, waifs and strays” who emigrated to Canada between 1869 and
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Britain will take “thousands more” refugees from camps on the borders of war-torn Syria, as well as providing an additional £100 million in aid for those fleeing the conflict, Prime
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Nicola Sturgeon has written to David Cameron calling on the Prime Minister to increase the number of refugees taken in by the UK. An emotional First Minister told the Scottish
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David Cameron is expected to come forward with new plans within the next few days which could see thousands more Syrian refugees come to the UK. Urgent work was under
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A vigil is to be held in Northern Ireland to demand that Britain opens its borders to refugees. The Londonderry protest is being organised by the People Before Profit organisation.
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From pensioners in Dorset offering their spare bedroom to a Syrian refugee, to cyclists in Cardiff travelling in convoy to donate bikes to migrants in Calais, the British public have
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