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Germany’s Ambivalence Over Refugees Hit Big Screens

The biggest grossing German movie last year was a fizzy feel-good summer comedy about the country's refugee influx,...

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Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia

An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited...

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France To Boost Refugee Aid, Deport Economic Migrants

France will cut processing time for asylum requests and boost housing for refugees while "systematically" deporting...

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Ghanaian Woman In South Africa Marches For Refugee Rights

A Ghanaian refugee in South Africa marched in a group with other refugees to the office of the UN High Commissioner...

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World Refugee Day Takes On New Meaning In Ghana

The UN High Commission of Refugees today , June 20, 2017, released the world’s first satellite for distance...

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SA and UNHCR To Mark World Refugees Day With Tolerance Exercises

The Department of Home Affairs and United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) have announced that they will...

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UN Refugee Chief Urges Libya To Free Refugees and Asylum Seekers

The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and...

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Australia Declares Game-Up For ‘fake Refugees’

Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boatpeople until October to prove they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the...

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Hong Kong ‘Snowden Refugees’ Face Deportation

A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the...

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Japan Tough To Crack For Refugees

It has been a decade since Liliane last saw her little girl. She fled Africa in fear for her life, leaving behind...

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PNG To Investigate ‘drunk Rampage’ At Australia Refugee Camp

Drunk soldiers "went on a rampage" and fired shots in the air at an Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea,...

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Pakistan Resumes Repatriating Afghan Refugees Despite Criticism

Pakistan Monday resumed its mass repatriation of Afghan refugees despite past accusations of coercion in the supposedly...

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Border Jumper From US Found With Severe Hypothermia In Canada

An Ivory Coast migrant was found suffering from severe hypothermia and near death after jumping the border from the...

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The ‘robot Lawyer’ Giving Free Legal Advice To Refugees

A technology initially used to fight traffic fines is now helping refugees with legal claims. When Joshua Browder...

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Refugees Make Up Bulk of Crossings From US To Canada

Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from...

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Afghan Deportation Flight Left From Germany Half Empty

The German government admitted Friday it deported fewer than half the Afghans who were due to be repatriated on a...

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Cameroon ‘expels’ Nigerians

Most of the refugees are at the Minawao camp in north-eastern Cameroon Cameroon has expelled 517 Nigerians, including...

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Ai Weiwei Films Global Crisis

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has a message for US President Donald Trump, Europe's populist right and those who...

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US To Give Uganda $25 Mn In Aid For Refugees

The United States will give over $25 million in humanitarian aid to Uganda, to help the nation cope with a huge influx...