Helping refugee kids stay in school in northern Ghana
As more refugee children arrive in northern Ghana, schools are feeling the pressure. But UNICEF is stepping in with "School-in-a-Box" kits to help keep learning going.
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Germany: Court rules Somali influencer cannot be deported, despite having had refugee status removed
This week a court in Mainz ruled that a female Somali influencer, who has been accused of publishing hate speech on social media, as well as traveling back to Somalia, the country she was supposedly protected from in Germany, cannot1
Netherlands: Church asylum campaign calls for residence permits for child asylum seekers
Supporters of a church asylum initiative in the Netherlands are calling on the government to grant residence permits to children of asylum seekers who have lived in the country for an extended period. The initiative is currently pro1
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UK: Plans for safe and humanitarian routes for refugees, based on community sponsors
The British government has announced that two new safe and legal migration routes will be introduced enlisting community organizations such as churches and trusted universities to sponsor refugees for resettlement into the UK.
Germany: Asylum seeker denied protected status for repeated criminal violations
Germany's Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig announced that they would not grant subsidiary protection or asylum to someone who had committed repeated legal violations and may pose a danger to the public.
Germany: Police raid asylum accommodation on suspicion of welfare fraud
Police in the northern German city of Hamburg raided one of the city’s largest refugee accommodation buildings early on Thursday morning, on suspicion of welfare fraud.
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EU-Taliban talks spark debate over normalizing Taliban rule
Taliban officials were in Brussels on Tuesday (June 23)* for talks on deportations and migration. The EU says the meeting is a "technical contact" with Afghanistan's de facto authorities, but critics warn it could help normalize a r1
CEAS comes into effect: How will it impact asylum seekers?
The German interior minister aims to further reduce the number of new asylum seekers. The reformed EU asylum law (CEAS) comes into effect Friday, but experts say it is unlikely to achieve all it sets out to do.
The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: Questions answered
Changes to the EU's Common European Asylum System (CEAS) will begin to take effect on June 12 under the new Pact on Migration and Asylum. Who will be affected? Who benefits? What are the reactions? InfoMigrants looks at some of the1