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What If It Was You? My Friendship With a Somali Refugee

Karen Campbell | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Glasgow, Scottish Refugee Council, Somalia, This Is Where I Am, World Refugee Day, Immigration, Refugee, Immigrant, Karen Campbell, UK Impact, UK Books, UK Culture, UK News
Karen Campbell

Glasgow, the city in which I grew up, has the largest amount of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. Although mostly pushed to the periphery, this new wave of Glaswegians are quietly weaving themselves in to the fabric of the city - and none more so than my friend Farida.

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Fury As Child Rapist's Deportation Is Barred

PA | Posted 15.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Sani Adil Ali, Rape, Child Rape, Sudan, David Cameron, UK Police, UK Border Agency, Refugee, Deportation, Asylum, UK News

The UK Border Agency has reacted with fury to a court ruling allowing a Sudanese asylum seeker who raped a 12-year-old girl to remain in Britain. S...

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Someone Else's Life

Victoria Uwonkunda | Posted 15.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: UK, Education, Refugee, Poverty, Africa, Kenya, Live Bleow the Line, UK Impact, Impact, UK Lifestyle News
Victoria Uwonkunda

If there ever were a sure thing, is that life doesn't happen as you plan for it to. Exactly two months before my 13th birthday, I became a refugee. Life as an illegal is nothing I would wish upon my worst enemy.

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University Cleaner Gets Ivy League Degree After 14 Years Of Studying

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Social Mobility, Yugoslavia, Refugee, Students, Universities, Degrees, UK Universities & Education News

A university cleaner has finally been awarded a degree in ancient Latin and Greek after 14 years of part-time studying. Gac Filipaj worked at Colum...

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Australia Sabotages Human Dignity

Rizwan Syed | Posted 03.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Australia, Refugee, Famine, Somalia, UN Convention on Refugees, Malaysia, Immigration, Detention Centre, UK Politics News
Rizwan Syed

The Australian government recently resorted to using YouTube to deter asylum seekers from attempting to enter Australia illegally. Having posted a vid...

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