Migration
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Editorial: The prime minister bowed to the threat of defeat. Some lone child refugees will be given a home in the UK. It is a welcome concession, but not nearly enough
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Federal family holding centers likened to prisons in lawsuit, which adds that they damage the physical and mental health of vulnerable women and children
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EU executive gives provisional blessing to key scheme in deal with Ankara, as asylum rules overhaul also hits trouble
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Anti-slavery agencies point to ‘gap’ in law after finding that Staffline Group suggested sub-standard lodgings to workers
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The growing trauma surrounding our toxic detention system not only affects those who witness horrific events, but it takes a terrible toll on all of us
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The 21-year-old has been flown to hospital in Brisbane just days after the death of another Nauru refugee, who set himself on fire in front of UN representatives
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Women targeted by Operation Nexus, which aims to deport foreign offenders, say they are legitimately self-employed
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Ninety-nine people are believed to have drowned in two separate incidents off the coast of Libya over the weekend
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Last year, Patrick Kingsley travelled to 17 countries and talked to hundreds of refugees. What happened next?
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The renewed violence in Syria, the Hillsborough inquest verdict, the continuing refugee crisis in Europe - the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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As the UK vacillates over admitting unaccompanied minors, boys as young as 10 make their own nightly efforts to get in
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Skirmishes between lawmakers from AK Party and the pro-Kurdish opposition break out on Wednesday
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High court orders Theresa May to reconsider refusal to allow six families entry into Britain
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Suspension of Turkish parliament halts passage of laws needed to win European support for visa-free travel for Turks
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UN secretary general speaks in Austrian parliament a day after Vienna passes law allowing police to reject asylum seekers at border
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Peter Dutton says Nauru has capacity for more detainees as Papua New Guinea announces closure of its Australian-run detention centre
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She was London’s Young Poet Laureate, becoming a voice for its marginalised people – now her work has been recited by the queen of pop
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These refugees are children, cold, alone and at risk. That’s why I voted to help them
Stephen PhillipsAgainst the Tory whip, I voted to accept 3,000 lone child refugees into the UK. My conscience tells me I am right. The government should change its mind -
Papua New Guinea’s supreme court was always going to rule that the centre was illegal, but the options for Australia to deal with its closure are less clear
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Europe’s failure on refugees echoes the moral collapse of the 1930s
Patrick KingsleyBritish MPs have voted down a plan to admit just 600 child refugees a year. With governments across the continent abdicating responsibility, this is an ethical catastrophe of historic proportions -
Refuge cities The port of Piraeus and a disused airport are focal points for Athens’ difficulties in dealing with the ongoing refugee crisis. The city’s mayor admits it is paying heavily for flaws that should have been addressed long ago
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Meeting of G5 proposes EU and Nato work together off Libyan coast to shut down networks smuggling refugees from Africa
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Fears of a refugee wave through north Africa are based on thin evidence and deploying naval vessels may have little effect on dinghies already at sea
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US president to meet Merkel, Hollande, Renzi and Cameron over EU naval patrols in Libyan waters
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The government deported 700 people under Dublin rules and allowed 20 unaccompanied children trapped in Calais to enter UK
Radiohead's Burn the Witch may be critique of refugee crisis, says animator