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epa11793033 Armed Taliban security personnel at a checkpoint, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 25 December 2024. Afghanistan's Taliban government has accused Pakistan of carrying out airstrikes that allegedly targeted areas in Paktika province resulting in civilian casualties, including children. The Taliban condemned the attacks as a 'brutal act' and a violation of international law. Pakistani authorities have long accused the Taliban government of sheltering Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) camps, as Pakistan claims the group uses Afghan soil for attacks. EPA/QUDRATULLAH RAZWAN

Taliban says Pakistan 'killed 50 refugees' fleeing airstrikes in Afghanistan

World December 25, 2024 By Sam Courtney-Guy

I didn’t care about Christmas until I invited a refugee home

Families December 25, 2024 By Alex Milne

Hamed Amiri: My family fled from the Taliban. Human traffickers smuggled us across Europe - for Platform

My family had to flee from a man called The Executioner

World December 13, 2024 By Hamed Amiri

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I tried to take my own life - mum thought it was because I'd had sex

Families November 14, 2024 By Anonymous

Asylum seeker 'hopes he'll recover' after hundreds leave Bibby Stockholm 'prison'

UK October 30, 2024 By Danny Rigg

A boat in the English Channel

Child 'trampled’ to death at bottom of boat crossing English Channel

UK October 5, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Safi Abdi poses in a yellow jacket against a colourful wall

My £12,000 weight loss surgery worked but I think I wasted money

Health September 30, 2024 By Safi Abdi

SAIDA, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 25: A sleeping baby is seen as Lebanese who were forced to flee their homes due to Israeli airstrikes migrated with what they could take with them to the Saida, Lebanon, and settle in school buildings on September 25, 2024. The fleeing civilians mostly head towards the capital Beirut and northern cities. The death toll from Israel's ongoing airstrikes in Lebanon has surged to 558 people, Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said on Tuesday. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

What's going on in Lebanon? Desperate crisis facing millions explained

World September 30, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Silhouetted boy near window

I brought a 16-year-old refugee home and his questions broke my heart

Families September 27, 2024 By Leanne R

Small Boat Migrant Crossings Are At Record Levels For Early Part Of 2024

I'm in Calais - refugees tell me they're ready to make the deadly crossing

UK September 19, 2024 By Imogen Hardman

This photograph taken on September 15, 2024 shows a damaged migrants' boat after a failed attempt to cross the English Channel that led to the death of 8 people near the beach of Ambleteuse, northern France. Eight migrants died when their clandestine boat sank off Ambleteuse (Pas-de-Calais) on September 15, 2024, bringing to over 45 the number of would-be exiles to Britain who died in the Channel in 2024. (Photo by Bernard BARRON / AFP) (Photo by BERNARD BARRON/AFP via Getty Images)

Baby rescued after eight people 'may have been crushed to death' in Channel disaster

UK September 15, 2024 By Danny Rigg

Jade Beecroft - ghosting - bought a BnB for my asylum seeker friend

I spent my retirement savings on a house for strangers in need

UK September 9, 2024 By Lise Thorne

Concerns about the fate of the UK's former Afghan interpreters have been raised on the third anniversary of the British withdrawal from Kabul (Picture: © Andy Barnham 2022)

Former Afghan interpreters 'in limbo' three years on from UK withdrawal

UK August 28, 2024 By Josh Layton

Pictures showing the rescue of the baby

Newborn stranded on Greek island without water rescued after three days

World August 22, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper leaving Downing Street in August 2024. (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Labour’s immigration plans won’t stop the boats

UK August 21, 2024 By Zoe Gardner

What is AIN? What it stands for and rules for Olympic athletes explained

Sport August 1, 2024 By Chris Davie

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Olympic boxer fears being 'killed or put in prison' if she returns to home country

Boxing September 11, 2024 By Callum McAvoy

Crew members of the French rescue vessel "Abeille Normandie" look after a group of migrants on an inflatable dinghy

Woman 'crushed to death on overcrowded dinghy' crossing the Channel

World July 28, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

What is AIN? What it stands for and rules for Olympic athletes explained

Sport August 1, 2024 By Chris Davie

I left home with a small suitcase and haven't been back for 2 years

World June 22, 2024 By Tania

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