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Stop Trump Coalition and One Day Without Us join forces in mass pro-migrant protests

Organisers say tens of thousands of people will protests across the UK.

Feb 20, 2017

By Ian Silvera

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Germany aims to deport record number of rejected asylum seekers in 2017

Announcement comes as Angela Merkel faces political backlash over 'open door' immigration policy.

Feb 19, 2017

By Rachel Middleton

Pope Francis says 'migration is not a danger' as he reunites with Syrian refugee rescued from Lesbos

The pontiff met with students and faculty of the Roma Tre University, where he spoke about the need for integration.

Feb 18, 2017

By Lara Rebello

Pope Francis

borderproject2017 US Mexico border fence

Fascinating photos document life along each side of the US-Mexico border

Jim Watson is travelling along the US side of the border, while his colleague Guillermo Arias is making the same journey on the Mexican side.

Feb 17, 2017

By David Sim

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Xenophobia-fearing asylum seekers risk brutal winter conditions to cross from US into Canada

Two men lost all their fingers to frostbite after a 10-hour trek across fields of waist-high snow in sub-zero temperatures.

Feb 16, 2017

By David Sim

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Malaysian ship delivers aid to Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar

The Rohingya are one of the most persecuted groups in the world. Neither Bangladesh nor Myanmar recognises them as citizens.

Feb 16, 2017

By David Sim

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Arizona mother speaks out after being deported from US

'Day Without Immigrants' protest to close restaurants across the US

The move it to protest Donald Trump's rhetoric about immigration.

Feb 16, 2017

By James Tennent

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New York issues warning on fraudsters posing as immigration agents demanding money or deportation

The Attorney General's office described the scam as 'unconscionable'.

Feb 16, 2017

By James Tennent

New York

Breakaway Somaliland requests exemption from Donald Trump's travel ban

Foreign Minister Saad Ali Shire says the republic is a stable nation and is free of terrorism.

Feb 15, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

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Burundi: Minister visits Uganda to convince refugees to return home

33,793 Burundian refugees are currently in Uganda after fleeing current crisis that killed thousands.

Feb 15, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

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Emaciated Children in South Sudan Point to Looming Famine

Three African nations pushed to brink of famine by drought and catastrophic wars

Nearly 10 million people in conflict-ridden Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria are going hungry.

Feb 15, 2017

By Ludovica Iaccino

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Mexican man on work permit in the US arrested by immigration officers

The 23-year-old was on the DACA programme and did not have a criminal record.

Feb 15, 2017

By James Tennent

Japan accepted just 28 refugees in 2016

The island nation's 'abysmal' refugee policy has been slammed by human rights activists.

Feb 13, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Japan

Teenage girls regularly raped by traffickers injected with dangerous contraceptive

Girls as young as 13 expect to raped by people traffickers on journey to Europe.

Feb 12, 2017

By Callum Paton

12 million people expected to be struck by famine in Yemen warns United Nations

The UN says that 17.1 million people struggle to eat in the war-torn country.

Feb 11, 2017

By Jasmine Andersson

United Nations

Nicola Sturgeon writes to Theresa May over 'shameful' backtrack on helping child refugees

Scotland's First Minister said it was the UK's 'moral duty' to take on more unaccompanied child refugees.

Feb 11, 2017

By Jasmine Andersson

Theresa May

US immigration agency defiant after critics blast arrest of 360 people across four states

Marin insists that only 10 immigrants arrested did not have a criminal record.

Feb 11, 2017

By Oli Gamp

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Iranian surgeon cancels trip to Iran to perform life-saving surgeries over travel ban fears

The doctor is scared to leave the US to work in Iran, in case the travel ban is upheld.

Feb 11, 2017

By Jasmine Andersson

Iran

Refugees are crossing US border into Canada in attempt to get to safety

Canadian agencies are taking up to 10 applications a day from refugees leaving the US

Feb 11, 2017

By Jasmine Andersson

Donald Trump

Who is Lord Alf Dubs: Nazi survivor and British peer fighting for child refugees

What you need to know about the Labour peer behind the Dubs Amendment.

Feb 10, 2017

By Ian Silvera

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