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ESRC: Ending Refugees’ exile
We all tend to assume that refugees want to go home. But often refugees cannot just return to their home country when conflict ends. Many have spent decades in exile; many second and third-generation refugees have never seen the place which they are now expected to call home. Research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) shows that for many refugees a quick return isn’t the right answer.
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First case of asylum granted in UK under Refugee Convention on basis of atheism
The Home Office have reportedly for the first time granted an asylum application on the basis of atheism.
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Failure to meet needs of refugee children condemned
NASUWT has highlighted the appalling impact of the global refugee crisis on the world’s children and young people
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NASUWT: Coalition government policies threaten segregation and worsening educational standard's
NASUWT: Coalition government policies threaten segregation and worsening educational standard's
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The one small change which could improve life for thousands of refugees
Crucial bill could see children allowed to bring over support network instead of living alone.
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'I ignore the comments and move on': One woman's life as a refugee in the UK
It's hasn't always been easy but there is much to celebrate
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If we want refugees to integrate, we need to stop demonising them
More must be done to end the negative and damaging rhetoric around refugees
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Trumped: May left damaged by early contact with president
Trump's state visit is a problem of May's own making
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Language barriers are making asylum seekers suffer all over again
Lack of access to higher education is making life even harder for asylum seekers in the UK
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Pick of the week: Corbyn's left flank begins to crumble
Our five most-read items this week
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This vilification of child refugees makes me fear for my country
What has happened to the country that once welcomed my grandfather?
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The government is betraying the 20,000 Syrian refugees it pledged to help
The pledge to refugees has now stalled amid a row with local authorities
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Pick of the week: Her Majesty's unofficial opposition
Our five most-read pieces this week
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PMQs verdict: Angus Robertson is becoming the unofficial leader of the opposition
Angus Robertson stands head and shoulders over Jeremy Corbyn
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Mea culpa? Why pairing should have been mentioned more prominently in this piece
Our article on the refugee vote was simplified a step too far - but Labour still made a choice here.
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It’s time for supporters of refugees to talk about integration
Current policies are obstructing refugees from integrating
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VIDEO: Watching the Calais migrant camp's destruction
Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton and Hove, speaks about the reality of tearing down the French migrant camp.
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Caroline Lucas: The Calais Jungle now resembles a war zone
Green MP's harrowing account of how the camp in France is being torn apart by the authorities
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Comment: Supporters of refugees need to stop comparing their opponents to Hitler
By overusing the Nazi label we diminish the power to highlight real fascism
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Farron: Britain has 'turned its back' on child refugees
The Lib Dem leader has urged the prime minister to take more child refugees
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Why has Europe stopped caring about children drowning on our shores?
The tragic death of Aylan Kurdi led to thousands of people demanding action, yet ten weeks on children are still drowning
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May is starting to implement her poisonous immigration speech
May's harsh, mean streak of Conservatism is creeping its way into the statute book
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Torture survivors must not be abandoned once they arrive in the UK
The prime minister’s resettlement offer of Syrian refugees must include plans for the full support of victims of torture
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Pick of the Week: No mercy from Nigel Farage
Our five most-read stories this week
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The deportation game: What happens when refugees turn 18?
Warnings that Syrian refugees will be deported at 18 are wide of the mark, but Britain has a reprehensible record on sending young people back to war zones
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Tory MP urges David Cameron to ignore 'emotional craving' to help refugees
Prime minister told to listen to 'silent majority' and turn away refugees
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Why we should be suspicious of Cameron's Syrian refugee announcement
Cameron's statement contained many of the same misdirections which saw him squirm out of his responsibility to Syrian refugees last year.
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Even supporters of Syrian intervention should be wary of sabre-rattling in the press
The war-mongering in the Sun does nothing to reflect the complex strategic and moral realities of intervention in Syria
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