Refugees

Ukrainian refugees turn to food banks as UK hosts struggle with costs

Families fleeing war are increasingly relying on charity as rising energy costs hit household budgets

Miranda Bryant

28, May, 2022 @3:47 PM

Biloela threw its support behind the Murugappans. What can we do for similar families we know and love? | Shankar Kasynathan

This family’s story should inspire us to look into our moral imagination to provide certainty for refugees and people seeking asylum

Shankar Kasynathan

28, May, 2022 @2:37 AM

‘You hear bullets, you run’: Congolese refugees stream over Uganda’s border

As thousands flee the latest fighting in DRC to join 1.5m already in Uganda, the UN’s food aid agency is stretched as never before

Patience Akumu

27, May, 2022 @6:15 AM

Turkey’s plan to forcibly relocate Syrian refugees gains momentum

President Erdoğan presses on with move by leveraging his Nato veto over Nordic states’ accession

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

27, May, 2022 @4:30 AM

Rise in UK asylum approvals renews fears about Rwanda transfers

Home Office data shows majority of successful claimants arrived via small boats so may face prosecution

Amelia Gentleman

26, May, 2022 @5:06 PM

‘No humanity whatsoever’: pleas for UK to grant visa to autistic Ukrainian boy

Timothy Tymoshenko was sent to Poland because of his distress but does not qualify for Homes for Ukraine scheme

Helen Pidd and Diane Taylor

26, May, 2022 @4:05 PM

Filtration and forced deportation: Mariupol survivors on the lasting terrors of Russia’s assault

Svitlana and Vitaly lost almost everything, including their unborn baby, during Russia’s siege, their experiences a snapshot of the horrors endured by Mariupol’s remaining residents

Shaun Walker in Kyiv

26, May, 2022 @2:32 PM

Europe silent on plight of detainees in Libya, says migration chief

Federico Soda said there needed to be ‘more condemnation’ of the conditions in state-run detention centres in Libya

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

26, May, 2022 @12:17 PM

Refugee children handed anti-‘illegal migration’ playing cards, Australian charity says

Cards branded with Australian government’s Zero Chance logo and QR code to border force website distributed in Indonesia

Eden Gillespie

25, May, 2022 @5:30 PM

Canada’s refugee road: a lifeline for some, a political headache for others

Roxham Road, linking New York state and Quebec, is by far the busiest crossing for asylum seekers, thanks to a legal ‘loophole’

Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly at Roxham Road

25, May, 2022 @10:10 AM

From ‘go home’ vans to Windrush scandal: a timeline of UK’s hostile environment

Theresa May first revealed Tory policy that has been derided across the world

Diane Taylor

25, May, 2022 @5:00 AM

‘The fear still lives with me’: three years at mercy of the hostile environment

After an error on a visa application form, Sarah slipped into immigration limbo