20 h. ago Elderly Palestinian man forced to live in scrapped minibus after Israel rips up major refugee camps

An elderly Palestinian man is living in a scrapped minibus after Israeli military operations emptied and tore through two major refugee camps in Tulkarem.

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54 h. ago ‘We live on bread and tea. I’ve wished for death’: Yemen’s forgotten refugees

War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely survivingThe pain of going to bed hungry is becoming familiar for Jamila Rabea. It’s hard to sleep. The meagre rations of bread, tomato paste and tea she spends much of her day trying to gather, she gives to her children. Five of them live with her in a shelter built from tarpaulin, cloth and scraps of wood.Like many of the refugee families living here in a makeshift camp to the east of the Yemen port city of Al-Mukalla, she has had to leave home because of the bombs and fighting. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Hundreds of Palestinian families flee West Bank camp ahead of Israeli demolition orders

Palestinian authorities say residents of 104 homes have fled the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank ahead of Israeli demolition orders

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9 d. ago ‘A second exile’: Nepal moves to expel refugees already deported by the US

Dozens of Bhutanese refugees are facing deportation from Nepal, a country that once gave them shelterAshish Subedi never imagined he would be deported once, let alone twice.Subedi, 36, had grown up in the Beldangi refugee camp in eastern Nepal where his family, along with over 100,000 other ethnic Lhotshampas, ended up after being expelled from Bhutan in the early 1990s. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘We don’t want to stay here’: UN accused of abandoning refugees in Niger

The west African country seems to be a dumping ground for thousands of people pushed back from north Africa after trying to reach EuropeThere is no shade from the sun nor protection from sandstorms in the deserts of Niger and so, for almost 300 days, the refugees stranded there have stood in protest with a single message: “We don’t want to stay here.”About 15km (8 miles) from the nearest town of Agadez, the 2,000 refugees in the camp feel they have been isolated from the world, kept out of sight and earshot and abandoned by those they feel should be helping them – the Nigerien government, the EU and the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fusion between culture and modernity as children dance in Kenya’s refugee camp

Kenya's northern Kakuma refugee camp is home to more than 300,000 people fleeing conflict from dozens of east Africa countries

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2 w. ago Quarter of women fleeing abuse unable to secure suitable refuge vacancy, new report finds

The Independent launched its Brick by Brick campaign in response to the national shortage of refuge spaces

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3 w. ago Food rations are halved in one of Africa's largest refugee camps after US aid cuts

More than 300,000 refugees in the Kakuma camp in remote Kenya have had their food rations cut in half

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3 w. ago ‘It’s not quite what I had in mind entering my eighth decade’: the London librarian of Lesbos

Rather than retiring to Greece, 71-year-old Ruth Miller created ‘a sanctuary of hope and healing’ in a refugee campWhere do you see yourself in your 70s? Perhaps on a Greek island, a long way from home with a good book or two.That’s where Ruth Miller is right now, although there’s a twist to the usual tale. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I was lying between a lorry and a train’: One refugee’s two

In Independent Studio's latest series UNHEARD, Ismail shares how he risked everything on a dangerous journey to the UK in hopes of supporting his family—many of whom remain in Sudan’s war-ravaged Zamzam refugee camp

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4 w. ago Israel and Iran exchange missile strikes with explosions heard in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Tehran – live

Two people reported dead in Israel after Iranian strikes; Tehran says 78, mostly civilians, killed in Friday’s surprise Israeli attack and confirms new wave of retaliatory strikes on IsraelIranian missiles hit Tel Aviv as Netanyahu warns attack on Iran ‘just the beginning’Earlier, Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif reported that dozens of civilians in Gaza were killed or wounded early on Saturday after they were attacked by Israeli forces as they gathered to wait for aid north of the Nuseirat refugee camp.The Guardian has not been able to confirm the details of this report. Israel has not allowed foreign reporters to enter Gaza since 7 October 2023, unless they are under Israeli military escort. A complete internet blackout in the Gaza Strip since Thursday has made reporting even more challenging. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Attack dogs: how Europe supplies Israel with brutal canine weapons

Military dogs involved in attacks on Palestinian civilians – including children – are likely to have been exported from European countries, investigation findsWarning: readers may find some of the details in this piece distressingIt was only seconds after soldiers entered the Hashash family’s home in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank that the dog attack began. As military raids rolled out across her neighbourhood one morning in February 2023, Amani Hashash says she took her four children into a bedroom. When she heard Israeli military coming into their home she called out that they were inside and posed no threat.Moments later the bedroom door was opened and a large, unmuzzled dog launched itself into the room, plunging its teeth into her three-year-old son, Ibrahim, who was asleep in her lap. Continue reading...

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