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Lemn Sissay said applying for a UK or EU visa had become ‘a serious problem’ for African and Asian artists. Photograph: Ian Davidson/Alamy African and Asian artists, made up of musicians, authors, producers, and festival managers, are complaining about “humiliating” and costly visa-rejection rates for those visiting Britain and European Union countries. The Guardian reports…

Photo credit: Bloomberg Around 4,000 Rwandan troops with high-tech weaponry have crossed into eastern Congo to fight battles that have fuelled a vast human catastrophe across the region. The Globe and Mail reports that the fighting which has caused heavy casualties with incessant shelling of civilian areas, has forced at least a million people to…

Photo credit: Irish Mirror A worker has won 5,000 euros over a racial comment by his supervisor. The RTE reports that the man accused his supervisor of making “hateful” comments about immigrants in a works canteen. The supervisor allegedly said, “Now, they’re coming over here, and they’re mixing with us. That’s the problem.” The worker…

Photo credit: National Post Less than half of Canadians aged 18 to 39 say they “support the government’s new rules to regulate the web, podcasts, streaming and social media to restrict offensive speech and online harms,” a new poll has discovered. National Post reports that a new Postmedia Leger poll has found that more Gen…

Photo credit: Arab News Even though Indonesia is not a signatory to the UN Refugee Convention of 1951 and its 1967 protocol, it has had a long history of accepting refugees. However, the government does not allow refugees and asylum seekers to work. Many had fled to the country as a jumping-off point, hoping to…

Photo credit: FOX News An Israeli air strike has hit houses in al-Shati, one of Gaza’s historic refugee camps, and another hit houses in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood. Both left at least 38 Palestinians dead. According to Hamas, a residential block in the al-Shati area used as a refugee camp was struck several times. People had…

Photo credit: Princeton Daily It was a day of celebration for those who left everything they once had to call a brand new place home, as Bridgeport, Connecticut, honoured the city’s refugees and their families at Seaside Park on Saturday. It was part of World Refugee Day. Deao Byakisaka, director of the refugee service for the…