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UN Palestinian refugee agency operating on ‘month-to-month’ basis

Scrambling to tackle COVID-19 in camps across the Middle East, the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees said it only has enough cash to operate until the end of May because of American funding cuts. In 2018 President Donald Trump's administration halted annual payments of $360m to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which provides assistance to some 5.5 million registered refugees in the occupied West […]

today6 May 2020

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Turkey’s Erdogan heading to Brussels to discuss refugee crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to hold talks with senior European Union officials in Brussels over a refugee crisis unfolding at the Turkish-Greek border, as Germany said the bloc was considering taking in 1,500 child refugees. Tens of thousands of asylum-seekers have been trying to break through the land border between Turkey and Greece for days after Ankara announced it would no longer prevent people from trying to […]

today9 March 2020

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Aus minister pushes ahead with white SA farmer plan

A senior Australian minister vowed on Thursday to press on with a plan to bring white South African farmers to Australia, hitting out at criticism from "crazy lefties" who he said were "dead to me". Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton sparked uproar last week by singling out the farmers' need to flee "horrific circumstances" for a "civilised country". He is examining whether they deserve "special attention" for acceptance on refugee […]

today22 March 2018

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Refugee protests disrupt Australian parliament

Protesters, angered by Australia's refugee policy, have disrupted parliament for a second day by abseiling down the building and erecting a banner that read "close the bloody camps now". In the early hours of Thursday the group also poured red dye - representing blood - into a fountain in front of the building, the national broadcaster ABC reported. The incident came after a protest on Wednesday during which the group […]

today1 December 2016

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France: Dismantling of Calais Jungle camp begins

Migrants and refugees have begun arriving at official meeting points set by French authorities as part of the full evacuation of the so-called Jungle camp in Calais. Men and women carrying suitcases and bundles of possessions gathered early on Monday in front of a warehouse which is serving as the main headquarters of the evacuation operation. French authorities believe the evacuation will take around three days in total. As part […]

today24 October 2016

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