All news on the topic: Refugees

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Location chosen for mega-barge that will house 500 asylum seekers on UK coast
The gigantic barge named Bibby Stockholm was deemed an 'oppressive environment' when it was used by the Dutch government to house asylum seekers in 2005
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Pictured: Three-storey barge that could become floating hotel for refugees
Sources at the Barbados Maritime Ship Registry confirmed the Home Office wants to charter the vessel from Liverpool-based Bibby Marine
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Charity workers' mission to learn why Albanians make perilous journey to UK
Researchers from the Sanctuary Foundation, led by Dr Krish Kandiah are set for a “fact-finding mission”, seeking to find ways of discouraging young people not to make the dangerous journey.
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'Gary Lineker's TV return is a top result - we are proud and pleased'
We are all glad to see Gary Lineker back on TV, including Rasheed Baluch, a refugee who stayed with him for 20 days a couple of years ago. During that time, they cooked for each other and swapped stories
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Refugee who stayed with Gary Lineker speaks out on living at BBC star's house
Rasheed Baluch, who was a guest at Gary Lineker’s home for weeks where he was given a free bed, said the Match of the Day presenter has come forward to defend humanity and Britain should be proud
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'What was BBC thinking as it told principled men Lineker and Wright to shut up'
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright are men prepared to risk their space - so just what did the BBC think would happen when they tried to shut them up? This period now is about which side you are on, writes Darren Lewis
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'Parents thought small boat was safer than warzone so we fled Albania for UK'
Dritan Kastrati nearly died three times when he was smuggled out of mainland Europe to escape his home on the ­Kosovan-Albanian border at the age of 11
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'New asylum laws lack compassion - why one rule for some and not for others?'
Eva Simpson asks why there is one set of rules for one set of people and one for others, when we should be showing compassion to people fleeing war and persecution regardless of where they are from
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Smugglers 'threw kids into sea' to stop migrant boat from sinking
At least 65 people, including 14 children, died in the migration tragedy when their boat slammed into sandbanks and broke apart in rough seas near Italy early on Sunday
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Brit who rescued wife and son from Ukraine plans to move to warzone permanently
Ian Umney, 29, began his mission of saving his Ukrainian wife and son from the conflict last year. Settled in the UK, he now wants to move back into Ukraine and live closer to his wife's family.
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Woman who fled dangerous Iran watched 16 people drown in dinghy disaster
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Leila Eftetahi and husband Ali fled Iran's sacred city of Masshad in 2015 after her father locked her away, banned them from seeing each other, and tarred him with criminal charges
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Ipswich captain Morsy opens up on personal desire to pioneer EFL refugee project
Sam Morsy's father came to England as a refugee when he was just 21 and the Ipswich captain supports the club's refugee project as well as sponsoring a family’s season ticket
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Braverman won't apologise to Holocaust survivor over refugee 'invasion' words
Suella Braverman was confronted by Joan Salter, 83, who won an MBE for her work on Holocaust education, during a meeting in her Fareham constituency in Hampshire on Friday evening
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Families and refugees could be moved onto cruise ship to tackle housing crisis
Torridge District Council in Devon has been forced to consider "radical measures" and house families and refugees aboard cruse ships in a bid to tackle the housing crisis
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Rishi Sunak can't solve Channel migrant crisis, says majority of voters
A poll for GB News showed the hueg scepticism with which the public treats the Prime Minister's claim he will stop small boats bringing migrants to the UK across the Strait of Dover