Thinking Global Podcast – Natasha Saunders
Natasha Saunders speaks about distinguishing refugee status and asylum, the slow violence of asylum, digital border technologies, UK asylum policy, and refugee resistance.
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Record numbers of refugees arrive in Canary Islands by boat
Number of arrivals via world’s deadliest migration route approach 32,000 to break 17-year recordNearly 32,000 men, women and children have reached the Canary Islands by boat so far this year on the world’s deadliest migration route, breaking a 17-year-…
Revealed: UK coastguard downgraded 999 calls from refugees in days before mass drowning
Investigation finds evidence that many calls received prior to 2021 Channel disaster were treated as less urgentUK coastguards downgraded 999 calls from refugees pleading for help as they headed to England days before the worst Channel disaster for dec…
Pakistan starts mass deportation of undocumented Afghans
Authorities go ‘door to door’ to round up and return thousands – many who fled from the Taliban – on first day of nationwide crackdownPakistan has begun arresting and deporting Afghan refugees who missed Wednesday morning’s deadline for them to leave, …
Councils ask judge to stop plan to house asylum seekers on former RAF bases
Local authorities argue that Home Office would act unlawfully by moving refugees to RAF Scampton and RAF WethersfieldCouncil bosses have called on the high court to quash government plans to use the land of two former RAF bases to house asylum seekers….
PNG to investigate corruption claims in Australia-funded refugee program
Papua New Guinea’s immigration minister John Rosso says whistleblower’s ‘serious allegations’ revealed by the Guardian have prompted auditFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
Why are South Koreans So Opposed to Accepting Refugees?
Once South Korea starts to feel the full impact of its declining birth rate, politicians and the public may be more welcoming to refugee resettlement.
Cutting asylum backlog will mean more homeless refugees, Glasgow council warns
City officials say Home Office has no clear idea where estimated 1,800 people granted refugee status will be housed in cityHome Office plans to significantly reduce the backlog of asylum claims will create a “humanitarian crisis” by increasing homeless…
‘Unjust and cruel’ lack of clarity still hangs over 64 refugees exiled in PNG
Questions remain following whistleblower claims of corruption and nepotism in the Australian-sponsored programRefugees exiled in Papua New Guinea have labelled the lack of clarity about their fate “cruel and confusing” after explosive claims of “missin…
Companies providing housing for UK asylum seekers make £113m profit
Combined profits of Clearsprings Ready Homes and Stay Belvedere Hotels prompt criticism from refugee charitiesTwo private companies supplying asylum seeker accommodation to the Home Office have made a record combined profit of £113m according to their …