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1:13am, 28th April, 2019

Australian PM promises migration cut, refugee freeze if re-elected

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, trailing in opinion polls ahead of a May 18 election, on Sunday campaigned on the hot-button issue of immigration, promising to cut annual migrant numbers and freeze the country's refugee intake.

Funeral held for seven Syrian refugee children killed in Canada fire

5:33pm, 23rd February, 2019

World

Funeral held for seven Syrian refugee children killed in Canada fire

Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Saturday of seven Syrian refugee children killed in a house fire earlier this week in the eastern Canadian city of Halifax.

Australia to reopen Christmas Island detention center after defeat on refugee policy

11:45pm, 12th February, 2019

World

Australia to reopen Christmas Island detention center after defeat on refugee policy

Australia will reopen a controversial detention center for asylum seekers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday after an embarrassing defeat in parliament that allows migrants in offshore camps to receive medical care in the country.

Refugee Bahraini footballer, freed from Thai jail, says 'I love Australia'

2:06am, 12th February, 2019

World

Refugee Bahraini footballer, freed from Thai jail, says 'I love Australia'

A refugee Bahraini footballer who was held in a Thai prison for more than two months at the Gulf state's request arrived in his adoptive home Australia on Tuesday, television pictures showed, to cheers and the great relief of his wife.

Thailand to free refugee Bahraini footballer after extradition bid dropped

4:29am, 11th February, 2019

World

Thailand to free refugee Bahraini footballer after extradition bid dropped

Thailand will free by the end of Monday a refugee Bahraini footballer with residency status in Australia who was arrested more than two months ago, a prosecutor in the case said, after Bahrain abandoned its bid to seek his extradition.

Once a refugee, Somali-American appears headed to U.S. Congress

11:30am, 31st October, 2018

Politics

Once a refugee, Somali-American appears headed to U.S. Congress

Ilhan Omar fled civil war in Somalia and spent four years of her childhood in a refugee camp in Kenya. Now she is poised to win a seat in the U.S. Congress, taking on a president who has tried to prevent people like her from coming to America.

Trump will consult with Congress on refugee cap: State Department

6:53pm, 18th September, 2018

US

Trump will consult with Congress on refugee cap: State Department

President Donald Trump will make the final decision on the number of refugees allowed into the United States after consulting with Congress, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Tuesday.

Special Report: Slamming the door - How Trump transformed U.S. refugee program

5:35am, 12th September, 2018

US

Special Report: Slamming the door - How Trump transformed U.S. refugee program

On Jan. 19, 2017, Aden Hassan’s long wait to start a new life ended when he stepped off a plane in Columbus, Ohio, half a world away from the Kenyan refugee camp where he had lived for a decade.

Situation at 'boiling point' at refugee center on Greek island: U.N.

6:20am, 31st August, 2018

World

Situation at 'boiling point' at refugee center on Greek island: U.N.

The United Nations refugee agency urged Greece on Friday to speed up transfers of eligible asylum-seekers from Aegean islands to the mainland, saying conditions at an overcrowded Lesbos reception center were "reaching boiling point".

Canadian refugee ruling unfair to Nigerians: lawyers

3:10pm, 21st August, 2018

World

Canadian refugee ruling unfair to Nigerians: lawyers

A group of Canadian refugee lawyers is taking the government to court over a recent immigration ruling, calling it unfair to Nigerian asylum seekers who have streamed across the border from the United States in large numbers over the past 18 months.

As U.S. shrinks refugee operations, new arrivals in Kansas town lose a lifeline

11:30am, 22nd May, 2018

US

As U.S. shrinks refugee operations, new arrivals in Kansas town lose a lifeline

GARDEN CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - In his first whirlwind weeks in the United States, Wimber Htoo, 23, racked up a list of accomplishments. He learned to use the bus, applied for a social security card and obtained a state ID, all new experiences for Ht...