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The all-powerful ‘Minister’ and Australian immigration detention Refugees

The all-powerful ‘Minister’ and Australian immigration detention

Sydney, Australia – Novak Djokovic’s brief stint in Australia’s most notorious detention hotel put the country’s immigration system under the global spotlight. The tennis player was detained in January and freed shortly afterwards when he challenged the decision in court. But just as Djokovic thought he would have the chance…
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February 16, 2022
Their families fled Vietnam. Now they’re helping Afghan refugees in America Refugees

Their families fled Vietnam. Now they’re helping Afghan refugees in America

SEATTLE —  Thuy Do couldn’t look away from the devastating clip playing on a loop on television news — hundreds of Afghans running alongside a massive U.S. Air Force cargo plane, desperately trying to flee their home country. The frantic frowns felt so familiar, reminding her of images of refugees packed…
bubmag
December 16, 2021
Refugees lack COVID shots because drugmakers fear lawsuits – documents Refugees

Refugees lack COVID shots because drugmakers fear lawsuits – documents

Author of the article: Reuters Francesco Guarascio and Panu Wongcha-Um BRUSSELS/BANGKOK — Tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines from a global program because some major manufacturers are worried about legal risks from harmful side effects, according to officials and internal documents from Gavi, the charity operating…
bubmag
December 16, 2021
Amid a crackdown, Afghan refugees in Iran fear the ‘unthinkable’: Being sent back Refugees

Amid a crackdown, Afghan refugees in Iran fear the ‘unthinkable’: Being sent back

TEHRAN —  Unlike most of his compatriots, Jamal Papoli didn’t have to worry about being stuck in Afghanistan when the Taliban sped to power in August. Papoli had quit his homeland years ago to set up shop as a stonemason here in neighboring Iran, just outside Tehran. But instead of relief,…
bubmag
December 16, 2021
News24.com | Mugabe-era Zimbabweans who fled to Botswana lose political refugee status after court ruling Refugees

News24.com | Mugabe-era Zimbabweans who fled to Botswana lose political refugee status after court ruling

Refugees camped outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' offices in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius, Gallo Images Political refugees from the Robert Mugabe era are no longer recognised in Botswana after a court challenge was thrown out.The UNHCR, and governments of Botswana and Zimbabwe agreed that "Zimbabweans should be in…
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December 14, 2021