Tunis police raid sees refugees abandoned near the border with Algeria | Refugees News

Tunis police raid sees refugees abandoned near the border with Algeria | Refugees News

Tunis, Tunisia – Teams of refuse workers are busy in the deserted alleyway outside the International Organization for Migration (IOM) offices in Tunis. A nearby park stands empty. In both, large piles of refuse are the only evidence of the hundreds of sub-Saharan African refugees and migrants who sheltered here…

‘No turning back’: Carnation Revolution divides Portugal again, 50 years on | The Far Right

‘No turning back’: Carnation Revolution divides Portugal again, 50 years on | The Far Right

Lisbon, Portugal – The olive-green military vehicles are the same, as are the uniforms of the personnel riding them. It’s even the same day of the week on this April 25 – a Thursday. This is when it all started, on the shore of the Tagus River where the sun…

UK has begun mass arrests of potential Rwanda deportees: What’s next? | Refugees News

UK has begun mass arrests of potential Rwanda deportees: What’s next? | Refugees News

The British authorities have begun a series of operations to detain migrants in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda as part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy. The UK Home Office, which oversees immigration matters in the United Kingdom, released a video on Wednesday showing armed immigration officers…

UK police arrest three over deaths of five people in English Channel | Refugees News

UK police arrest three over deaths of five people in English Channel | Refugees News

Deaths occurred when a small overcrowded boat carrying 112 people set out to cross the Channel and panic took hold. British police say they have arrested three men over the deaths of five people including a child who died attempting to cross the English Channel from France. The deaths occurred…

UK law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda passed after months of wrangling | Migration News

UK law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda passed after months of wrangling | Migration News

The controversial law is expected to come into force within days with the first deportation flights in weeks. A controversial United Kingdom government bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has finally secured the approval of the upper house of parliament, which had demanded numerous amendments, as Prime Minister Rishi…

Iranian refugee hopes to be acquitted in Greece smuggling appeal trial | Refugees News

Iranian refugee hopes to be acquitted in Greece smuggling appeal trial | Refugees News

Athens, Greece – It was April 2022 when Homayoun Sabetara finally told his daughters he was in a Greek jail cell. Sabetara, an Iranian national, had been arrested in August 2021 in Thessaloniki after driving a vehicle across the Turkish-Greek border. Sabetara says he was coerced into driving it into…

Rohingya in India accuse Modi of double standards on citizenship law | Rohingya News

Rohingya in India accuse Modi of double standards on citizenship law | Rohingya News

Kolkata, India – Muhammad Hamin has been unable to sleep at night since March 8 when the government of the northeast Indian state of Manipur ordered the deportation of Rohingya refugees. On that day, the state’s Chief Minister N Biren Singh – who belongs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya…

Conflict, climate, corruption drive Southeast Asia people trafficking: UN | Human Trafficking News

Conflict, climate, corruption drive Southeast Asia people trafficking: UN | Human Trafficking News

Latest report comes amid a surge in mostly Muslim Rohingya making dangerous sea journeys in search of safety. Conflict, climate and the demand for low-paid labour in countries such as Thailand and Malaysia, with corruption as a “major enabler”, are driving the growth of the people smuggling trade in Southeast…

Bodies of three Rohingya found as Indonesia ends rescue for capsized boat | Rohingya News

Bodies of three Rohingya found as Indonesia ends rescue for capsized boat | Rohingya News

Local authorities in Aceh province have received several reports about dead bodies floating in nearby waters since Saturday. The bodies of three Rohingya refugees have been found in open waters off Indonesia’s Aceh province, says the provincial search-and-rescue agency as authorities end a search for survivors from a capsized boat….