Australians hold topless protest in support of Saudi runaway

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:07:35 +0000

Australians hold topless protest in support of Saudi runaway

Four women held a topless protest in Sydney on Thursday to support runaway Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun.

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S. Korea grants refugee status to Chinese broker for N. Korean defectors

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 03:40:21 +0000

S. Korea grants refugee status to Chinese broker for N. Korean defectors

The immigration office on South Korea’s southernmost island of Jeju said Saturday it has granted refugee status to a Chinese smuggler who helped hundreds of North Koreans defect to the South.

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New property law makes it complicated for Syrian refugees to return home

Mohammed swipes the screen on his smartphone and zooms in on a street map showing a neighborhood in Aleppo. “That’s my house, that’s where we lived,” said the Syrian refugee in Germany, before his smile turns sad. “This area belongs to the regime now.”

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US officials: Ex-IS fighter accepted in US as refugee

US officials: Ex-IS fighter accepted in US as refugee

An Iraqi man accused of killing for the Islamic State entered the U.S. as a refugee after claiming to be a victim of terrorism, in a case drawing attention amid the Trump administration’s criticism of the resettlement program’s vetting process.

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Majority of Canadians see asylum seeker situation as ‘crisis,’ says new poll


Two-thirds of Canadians believe the current influx of asylum seekers into Canada is a “crisis” and that could have political repercussions for Canada’s Liberal government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, says a new poll by the Angus Reid Institute. Since January 2017, roughly 30,000 people have claimed asylum in Canada by crossing  its border with […]

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Student prevents Afghan man’s deportation by refusing to sit down inside plane

Student prevents Afghan man's deportation by refusing to sit down inside plane

One 21-year-old student activist tried to stop the deportation of an Afghan man by protesting inside a plane which was about to take off.

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