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Eight Innovative UK Businesses Owned By Refugees That Empower Fellow Refugees

Refugees use entrepreneurship to give back to the community while supporting other asylum seekers, migrants and refugees through training and employment.

Danielle Summer May 29, 2024

Human Rights Watch says migrants intercepted by the Libyan coast guard are "hauled back to arbitrary detention and abuse" and EU governments are turning a blind eye

Migrant Women Are Still Victim To Sexual Violence Throughout Migration Process

While 67 per cent of all migrant women are employed in the labour force, unofficial employment and the lack of gender-responsive migration policies threatens gender equalities in employment.

Danielle Summer Feb 23, 2024

'They Treat Us As If We Are Nothing' – Asylum Seekers Respond To Emergency Rwanda Treaty

Asylum seekers respond to Sunak's relentless emergency Rwanda policy after it was passed by an overall majority vote on Wednesday.

Danielle Summer Jan 19, 2024

Sunak Accused Of Collaborating With Braverman Amid His Crack Down On Migration

After the Supreme Court ruled the Rwanda Bill unlawful, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared that he would relentlessly continue his crackdown on migration.

Danielle Summer Nov 27, 2023

Migrants seeking asylum cross the Rio Bravo river to return to Mexico from the United States, as seen from Ciudad Juarez

How sustainable is the new net migration number in the UK?

The new net migration number stands at 606,000, with research contradicting the government, which insists that the net migration number is not sustainable.

Danielle Summer Jun 09, 2023

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.

David Sim Feb 07, 2018

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.

David Sim Jan 24, 2018

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)

David Sim Jan 11, 2018

Rohingya Muslim refugees Myanmar Bangladesh

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.

David Sim Jan 02, 2018

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.

David Sim Dec 21, 2017

Reuters demands Myanmar release two journalists arrested for possessing 'important secret papers'

The reporters had been working on stories about Mynamar's military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority that has caused almost 650,000 people to flee to Bangladesh.

David Sim Dec 14, 2017

Rohingya rape survivors' harrowing stories of abuse at the hands of the Myanmar military.

Award-winning photojournalist Allison Joyce met Rohingya rape survivors at refugee camps in Bangladesh. IBTimes UK shares their harrowing stories.

David Sim Dec 06, 2017

Rohingya child marriage refugee camps Bangladesh

Poignant photos and stories of young Rohingya girls forced to marry so their families could eat

Child marriage is common at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where marrying off a young daughter means one less mouth to feed.

David Sim Dec 04, 2017

Huddled masses: Haunting Rohingya refugee photos the world cannot ignore

Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer has returned to Bangladesh to document the hardships faced by the refugees, 60% of whom are children.

David Sim Nov 21, 2017

Rohingya Muslim rafts Myanmar Bangladesh

Desperate Rohingya Muslims risk flimsy rafts or swim 2.5 miles from Myanmar to Bangladesh

Rohingya Muslims are so desperate to leave Myanmar they are willing to risk their lives by crossing a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) stretch of water on flimsy makeshift rafts or even swimming to Bangladesh.

David Sim Nov 13, 2017

'Hell on Earth' for Rohingya children in refugee camps without enough food and clean water

One in five Rohingya children in Bangladesh's refugee camps are "acutely malnourished" and require medical attention, says Unicef report, Outcast and Desperate.

David Sim Oct 20, 2017

Canada opens Montreal Olympic Stadium to house vast numbers of Haitians fleeing US on foot

So many Haitian asylum seekers have arrived Quebec that Montreal has opened up its cavernous Olympic Stadium to house and process them.

David Sim Aug 04, 2017

Fortress Europe: Spain unprepared as migrant arrivals more than double

The western route is becoming more popular – and Italy's new plans to curb migrant flow may make Spain even more attractive.

David Sim Aug 02, 2017

Fortress Europe: Italy's controversial new plans to stop migrants

Italy plans to send warships to Libyan waters and has drawn up rules that must be followed by NGOs that rescue migrants.

David Sim Aug 02, 2017

The stories behind the most powerful photos of the battle for Mosul

"Of all the wars I have covered in various countries, Mosul has been the worst."

David Sim Jul 13, 2017

World Refugee Day 2017: Crisis in South Sudan, world's fastest growing refugee emergency

Aid agencies are struggling to provide food and services in South Sudan due to a funding crisis.

David Sim Jun 19, 2017

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Greek police clear migrants and refugees out of Athens' abandoned Hellenikon airport

Hundreds of migrants slept crammed in tents in the old arrivals terminal, in scorching temperatures with little food and occasional bouts of crime and violence.

David Sim Jun 02, 2017

Ramadan 2017: Helping to change the lives of millions of vulnerable children around the world

The Muslim Charities Forum estimates that Muslims across Britain donate around £100 million during Ramadan.

David Sim May 30, 2017

Humanitarian rescue boats or ferry service? Mediterranean migrants up 40% on last year

Critics have accused NGOs that rescue people in the Mediterranean of acting as a "ferry service" that encourages smugglers.

David Sim May 19, 2017

Warao indigenous Venezuela Manaus Brazil

Venezuela's indigenous people leave jungles homes to try survive on the city streets of Brazil

The Warao people live in derelict buildings and tent camps and are forced to make a living by begging from passing motorists.

David Sim May 17, 2017

Central American migrants choose Mexico over US, thanks to Donald Trump's policies

The president's hardline immigration policies have resulted in fewer Central American migrants trying to enter the US.

David Sim May 05, 2017

Harrowing images of deadly cholera outbreak sweeping through South Sudan's crowded refugee camps

Cholera has killed hundreds of people fleeing conflict and famine in South Sudan.

David Sim May 02, 2017

Freight trains on the Greek-Macedonian border

Freight train to central Europe: Riding railroads across borders to seek a better future

More than a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, landing in Greece from Turkey and then streaming through the Balkans, heading north to Germany or Austria.

Alex Wheeler Apr 19, 2017