Refugees
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'Refugees welcome': Statue of Liberty gets a make-overThe US National Park Service is trying to work out who unfurled a giant banner at the base of the Statue of Liberty saying ‘Refugees welcome’.
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Australia's 'inconsistent approach' to human rights could jeopardise UN seat bid, Amnesty warnsHuman rights organisation criticises government for refusal to condemn Trump, treatment of refugees and reported abuses of Indigenous children in detention
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Toxic political agenda is dehumanising entire groups, Amnesty warnsNGO’s annual report warns that aggressive political rhetoric is creating a ‘hostile climate for refugees and migrants’
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David Miliband: assault on UK foreign aid spend is populism at its worstExclusive: Speech by ex-foreign secretary will accuse aid critics of falling victim to fake news and condemn Trump travel ban
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Child abuse inquiry to hold limited public hearings into offshore detention regimeIn its final set of public hearings, royal commission to examine child protection in Australia’s detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island
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Home Office agrees to review asylum claims of child refugees in FranceCases of children with direct family links to UK will be reconsidered, as refugees return to Calais to try to cross Channel
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Search and rescue in the Mediterranean – in picturesPhotographer David Ramos was onboard the rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro, operated by the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms
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Protesters in Barcelona urge Spain to take in more refugeesTens of thousands of demonstrators march following mayor’s call to challenge the government over its failure to accept country’s quota of migrants
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Europe's biggest paper ran a bogus refugee 'sex mob' story. What now?No quantity of retractions, excuses or apologies from the outlets that ran with it will heal the damage. That goes for ‘Bowling Green’ and other false stories, too
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Aid reaches Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh – in picturesAid ship Nautical Aliya brings supplies to Rohingya refugee camps
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Refugee Loghman Sawari granted bail in Papua New Guinea after chargesIranian fled Manus Island after being wrongly detained, but was then returned to PNG and accused of giving false information on a passport application
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Immigration healthcare provider failed to run police checks on staff on ManusDamning audit finds healthcare provider at Australia’s offshore detention centre deployed four staff with outstanding checks and lost a working-with-children check
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Children's commissioners write to home secretary over end of Dubs schemeCommissioners for Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland write to Amber Rudd calling for government to do more to help child refugees
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Glimmer of hope for 10,000 refugees left stranded by Australia's inactionA federal court verdict exposed how valid citizenship applications from people who arrived by boat were shunted into a drawer and ignored. Now the immigration department has to say what it is going to do about them
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Julie Bishop and Peter Dutton at odds over US refugee deal 'people swap'