Refugees & migrants

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Mary Merkenich looks at the good, bad and ugly aspects of the German federal election results.

Isaac Nellist asks US socialists Cyn Huang and Michaela Brangan, members of the Democratic Socialists of America Bread and Roses caucus, about Trump鈥檚 attacks on immigrants, workers and human rights.聽

More than 100 people helped launch long-term Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton鈥檚 campaign for the seat of Wills. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

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The situation in Sudan is described as the 鈥渂iggest humanitarian catastrophe on Earth鈥, with children dying at a rate of 13 a day in the famine-stricken Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons, reports Pavan Kulkarni.

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The Rohingya refugee crisis remains one of the most urgent humanitarian challenges of our time and Cox鈥檚 Bazar in Bangladesh has become the epicentre of the world鈥檚 largest refugee settlement, housing more than a million forcibly displaced people, writes Noor Sadeque.

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From preparing to send Latinx migrants to Guantanamo Bay, to labelling Latin American cartels 鈥渢errorist organisations鈥, United States President Donald Trump is criminalising the region in order to subjugate it, writes Tamara Pearson.

The Tamil Refugee Council marked 77 years of genocide with a protest outside the Sri Lankan Consulate on Tamil Oppression Day. Zebedee Parkes reports.

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Palestinians evacuated from Egypt are languishing in a Malaysian military hostel, waiting for news that they will be sent home to Gaza. Khaled Ghannam spoke with some of them about their plight.

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Within days of being inaugurated, United States President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive orders attacking migrants and rolling back the gains made by Black, LGBTIQ and women鈥檚 rights movements.聽Malik Miah聽补苍诲听Barry Sheppard聽report.

Syrian dictator Basar al Assad鈥檚 fall should be celebrated 鈥 but we should now be very concerned about the plight of the Kurds, argues Sarah Glynn.

Michel Barnier and Lucie Castets

John Mullen looks behind the no-confidence motion in the French assembly and what this means for the struggle against the far right and for fundamental change.

Coral Wynter聽reviews The Eyes of the Earth, a magical realist novel that follows the life of a Honduran refugee eking out an existence in Mexico City.聽