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The Danish Immigration Service has found that a further 39 Syrian refugees are eligible for deportation after authorities deemed Damascus and surrounding areas safe for return. The determination brings the total number of refugees to have had their temporary protection and residency permits revoked to at least 380. … Read more →

Hopes for British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s freedom to return home to her family in the UK have been dashed with a new 1 year sentence imposed by Iran and an additional one year travel ban.  … Read more →

One hundred and thirty migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean sea off the shore of Libya after their ship capsized due to bad weather conditions. They were headed for Italy before their boat requested aid on 21 April. By the time a rescue ship managed to reach the site a day later, the boat had capsized and no survivors were found; at least ten bodies could be seen near the wreck. … Read more →

“Just call it genocide” was the chant from the Uyghurs who gathered in Parliament Square on Thursday 22 April as Uk MPs debated a motion in the House of Commons to call China to account for their actions against Uyghurs in China.  … Read more →

The independent UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent has condemned the UK race report and warned that its findings attempt to normalise white supremacy. The report in question was published on 31 March by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which was set up after the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd last year. … Read more →

At least 18,292 unaccompanied foreign minors have disappeared from reception centres across Europe following their arrival as refugees, according to data recently published by the investigative journalism project Lost in Europe. … Read more →