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UN refugee agency accuses Cyprus government of pushing asylum seekers into a UN buffer zone

  • UNHCR spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou said that as many as 99 asylum seekers were “pushed back” into the buffer zone between mid-May and Aug. 8
  • Of those 99 migrants, 76 people from countries including Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, Bangladesh, Sudan, Iraq and Gaza remain stranded in two locations
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UK to end use of controversial Bibby Stockholm migrant barge

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Strict asylum rules and poor treatment of migrants are pushing people north to the UK

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More than 10,000 people reach UK on small boats since January

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Human rights group begins legal action over UK’s Rwanda migrant policy

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UK plan to deport refugees to Rwanda to be delayed after new parliamentary defeats

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Thai authorities to deport 70 Pakistani asylum seekers

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