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Suella Braverman plans to use X-rays to verify child refugees' ages

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has landed herself in another controversy by revealing her plans for child refugees to undergo X-rays to verify their age.

Millions of people in Somalia face starvation, warns UN.

As many as four million people in Somalia face the risk of starvation and the situation is only deteriorating as the country faced its third consecutive dry season, the United Nations' climate report has warned.

New Australian immigration law requires English proficiency test for Australian partner visas

The Australian government, effective next year 2013, will launch an online visa application program process to grant faster visas to applicants, most especially to the wealthy Chinese.

The said requirement has fetched much controversy with critics calling the change to immigration policies "discriminatory"

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Hungry man kills and cooks cat in front of alarmed commuters

The homeless immigrant was confronted and recorded by locals before being arrested.

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It will be months before all immigrant children are reunited with their parents, says shelter chief

The chief of the largest shelters in the United States said the government has no process in place to speed up the return of more than 2,000 children separated from their parents.

Donald Trump flip-flops over caging migrant children

President Trump had claimed he could not reverse the policy of separating illegal immigrants from their children.

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Trump under pressure as Republicans split over 'cruel' migrant child separations

Former first lady Laura Bush called the policy "cruel" and "immoral" and even the president's wife, Melania, objects.

Philippine President Duterte kisses woman

Mouth gets Philippine President Duterte in trouble again, this time for kiss

Filipino President, Rodrigo Duterte requested a kiss on the lips from a young Filipino woman at an event in Seoul, South Korea.

European borders facing threat of female jihadis and their children returning from war zones

Men leaving Europe to join Isis used to be the primary concern, lately that concern has turned to women returning from war zones.

3 refugees stabbed by pensioner outside church in Denmark

Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees injured by pensioner in knife attack outside church in Heilbronn, Denmark.

Government delays mean border officials are not prepared for Brexit

Delays and a lack of clarity are putting officials and EU citizens in an "impossible position" a new report on immigration after Brexit has said.

Erdogan's war on education: The exodus of Turkey's teachers

Turkish President Erdogan's crackdown on dissent and free speech after July 2016 coup attempt has led to Gülen and Hizmet supporters fleeing persecution across border to Greece.

Food rots in UK fields as Eastern European migrant workers stay home

British farmers counting the cost of 4,300 unfilled vacancies and vegetables rotting in the fields as Brexit worries bite.

Cutting immigration could cost Scotland up to £10bn

Scotland's external affairs secretary says cutting migration into UK would be catastrophic for Scottish economy.

Canada accepting asylum seekers at highest rate for three decades

Fast-track hearings of claims and better training for refugee processors leads to acceptance rate jumping to 70 per cent.

Israel gives African migrants a choice: Deportation plus cash, or jail

Netanyahu's government is offering 20,000 male migrants, most of whom are from Sudan and Eritrea, $3,500 (£2,500) and a plane ticket to what it says is a safe destination in Africa.

Donald Trump calls immigration plan without border wall 'a total waste of time'

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that any congressional immigration plan that does not include funding for his border wall is "a total waste of time".

90 migrants feared drowned off Libyan coast

The UN migration agency says that 90 people are feared drowned after a smuggler's boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya's coast.

EU asylum-seeker numbers dropped by almost half in 2017

Syrian refugees fleeing to Germany form bulk of applications for asylum in Europe but overall numbers are much lower than previous years..

In pictures: A safe space for Rohingya women at a Bangladesh refugee camp

The so-called "widow's camp" at Balukhali Rohingya refugee settlement consists of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed.

Barbed wire fences and armed guards: First photos of Myanmar's Rohingya reception camps

Myanmar finally allowed the world's media in to Rakhine state to show they are ready to welcome back some of the Rohingya Muslims who fled the country.

'I won't fly refugees to their deaths': Israeli pilots refuse to deport asylum seekers

El Al pilots refuse to deport Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to home countries where they face risk of death.

Suffering in Silence: The world's most under-reported humanitarian crises

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Trump reportedly asks why the US wants people from 'shithole' African countries

Multiple reports from US media have said that during a meeting on immigration President Donald Trump asked why immigrants from "sh*thole" African nations came to the US.

There has been a 722% increase in Brits applying for French citizenship since Brexit

Number of applications soars to more than 3,000 as Britons grab chance to stay in Europe and avoid post-Brexit uncertainty.

Refugees and migrants risk hypothermia and avalanches crossing the Alps from Italy to France

They face dangers ranging from losing their footing on steep drops, being struck by falling rocks or succumbing to temperatures as low as minus 9C (15°F)

African migrants accuse Italy of torture including 'testicle crushing'

38 migrants who landed in Italy have said they underwent degrading and unlawful treatment at the hands of Italian authorities after they refused to give their fingerprints.

Muslims will replace Jews as America's second-largest religious group by 2040

High fertility rates and increasing migration mean that Muslims will become second biggest religious group in US, according to Pew Research,

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Will hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees ever go back home to Myanmar?

Myanmar pledged that Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh by the hundreds of thousands would start their journey home later this month. However, few believe that will happen.

Shocking photo of Moroccan migrants sleeping in washing machines goes viral

A photo depicting three young Moroccan migrants getting some rest in washing machines at a Paris launderette has attracted attention online.

Syrian refugees will start 2018 by donating blood to 'show their appreciation'

Syrian Refugee Support Group of Calgary members will donate blood and recruit new donors on New Year's Day to help during the Canadian blood shortage.

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Saudi police shot and stole from Ethiopians during mass deportation claim abused migrants

Saudi Arabia, like other rich Gulf nations, is a magnet for hundreds of thousands of people from impoverished East African nations like Ethiopia and Somalia.

Twelve of 2017's most powerful images and the moving stories behind them

IBTimes UK asked 12 Getty Images photojournalists to choose their most memorable photo of the year and tell us the story behind the picture.

Sudanese refugees 'tortured' after Belgium repatriates them

Belgium was heavily criticised in September when it allowed a delegation of Sudanese officials to travel to Brussels and identify apparent illegal immigrants.

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