Eight refugees rescued from English Channel by French authorities
They were found in a boat with a damaged engine by French authorities.
Tag: Refugees
The Tories have backtracked on yet another pledge, and this time it’s children who’ll suffer
On 9 January, a vote passed in parliament to remove protections for child refugees from the Brexit bill. The vote ...
Tory government blocks bid to enshrine child refugee rights in Brexit agreement
Opposition MPs warned of ‘tragic consequences’ for lone youngsters.
151 refugees rescued off Libya arrive in Sicily on rescue ship
Hours earlier, a German charity’s rescue boat, Alan Kurdi, disembarked 88 migrants at Taranto on the Italian mainland.
‘The things I have seen…’ The truth about seeking asylum in the UK.
“On that journey, nobody cares if you live or die”. These were the words of Cumar*, a young Somali man ...
Scores of distressed refugees rescued after Mediterranean ordeal
They have now been returned to Libya.
More refugees rescued after trying to seek safety across the Channel
The French coastguard has also reported small boats being brought to shore.
Refugee boats carrying children, women and men intercepted after French camp clearances
The Home Office said it was ‘aware of ongoing incidents’.
Boris Johnson’s message to asylum seekers is ‘inflammatory’, ‘misleading’ and could ‘violate international law’
The Prime Minister told people crossing the Channel to enter the UK: “We will send you back.”
Salvini’s anti-immigrant policy is like a bomb that’s ‘going to explode’
On 18 August, several people jumped into the sea from the Spanish humanitarian boat Open Arms to reach the Italian ...
UN urges European governments to allow in people stranded at sea
More than 500 remain on board rescue vessels amid a refusal by some countries to accept them.
Dozens of bodies recovered after refugee boats capsize off Libya
Survivors have been transferred to a detention centre which has been targeted in airstrikes.
UN believes Libya strike killing 44 refugees could be a war crime
An air strike which killed at least 44 civilians at a refugee detention centre near the Libyan capital of Tripoli ...
Arrested captain of humanitarian rescue ship gets around €850,000 in crowdfunding donations
Carola Rackete is facing a prison term after her ship rammed an Italian police motorboat.
In a powerful speech, a refugee tells the UN the truth about Australia’s offshore gulag
A Sudanese refugee, locked up for six years by Australia on a remote island, has delivered a powerful speech to ...
After rescue boat captain’s arrest, crew member says Europe is guilty of ‘mass murder’
On 29 June, Captain Carola Rackete took 40 people to safety on the Italian island of Lampedusa aboard rescue boat ...
Refugees welcomed to presidential residence in Ireland and thanked for their ‘special contribution’ to the country
The Irish president has celebrated asylum seekers and refugees, and those who work to support them, by hosting a garden ...
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