White House: US to Take In 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees

The White House announced Thursday plans for the United States to welcome as many as 100,000 Ukrainians and others fleeing the Russian invasion of the eastern European nation. In a statement on its website, the White House said the plan … Read More

Eastern Europe Under Strain as Ukraine Refugees Keep Coming

MEDYKA, Poland/PRAGUE (Reuters) -Eastern Europe’s efforts to aid Ukrainians came under strain on Friday, with some cities running out of accommodation as the number of refugees passed 2.5 million and fighting in their homeland. Relief work in frontline states – … Read More

Some Irish families ‘unable to cope’ with housing Ukrainian refugees

Some Irish families who have taken Ukrainian refugees into their homes in recent weeks have already “returned them” to facilities such as the new temporary accommodation centre in Citywest, Co Dublin, telling volunteers they’re “unable to cope”. Citywest conference centre … Read More

‘Russia hopes the Ukrainian refugees will disrupt Europe’

Russia would like to undermine the EU by the massive arrival of Ukrainian refugees, creating additional problems in EU countries’ economies and societies writes Roman Rukomeda. Roman Rukomeda is a Ukrainian political analyst. This is his 28th account of Russia’s … Read More

The Borders Bill makes Britain ‘one of the most anti-refugee countries in the world’

Medicine San Frontiers hits out at the government’s ‘unworkable, exorbitantly expensive and inhumane’ Bill T Borders Bill will make Britain “one of the most anti-refugee countries in the world,” an international aid group has warned. Medicine San Frontiers (MSF) UK … Read More

20,000 open their doors to Ukrainians within hours of sponsor scheme launch

MORE than 20,000 people and groups have offered to sponsor Ukrainians fleeing the war since a new scheme launched just two hours ago. The Homes for Ukraine scheme, which will see members of the public and communities offer a safe … Read More

1,971 migrants died or disappeared in the Mediterranean in 2021

On ‘CommemorAction Day’ 36 NGOs gather in Senglea to remember migrants that died, went missing or faced prosecution whilst crossing borders 1,971 migrants died or disappeared in the Mediterranean in 2021, and at least 23,000 over the past decade, according … Read More

The Nationality and Borders Bill will only cause more suffering and death

Despite being touted by the UK government as a way to fix the current asylum system, the proposed Nationality and Borders Bill will only further endanger and criminalize those that are most in need of our solidarity, writes Sophie McCann. … Read More

Lawyers for Egyptian asylum-seeker facing deportation say oversight of CBSA needed

“That’s problematic,” Mithoowani said in an interview. “This is a refugee claimant who is seeking Canada’s protection from the Egyptian authorities, and usually those matters are private, and we would not communicate with a government that someone is alleging is … Read More

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