French police investigate Rwandan refugee, 39, after he admitted arson attack on Nantes cathedral

French police investigate Rwandan refugee, 39, after he admitted arson attack on Nantes cathedral  Rwandan refugee, 39, admitted he was responsible for the cathedral inferno  Questioned for second time yesterday and confessed to fire early this morning   Took 104 firefighters to tackle the blaze which started in three places on July 18 By Lydia Catling … Read more

Shamima Begum is pictured wearing jeans, shirt and a blue hat as she walks through refugee camp

Jihadi bride Shamima Begum has been pictured today wearing jeans, a shirt and a blue hat as she walked through a Syrian refugee camp just hours after she won the right to return to the UK to challenge the stripping of her British citizenship.  Begum – one of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to … Read more

Libyan refugee Khairi Saadallah, shouted ‘Allahu Akhbar’ before Reading ‘terror attack’, court hears

Libyan refugee, 25, shouted ‘Allahu Akhbar’ as he stabbed three friends to death and left another three men with knife wounds in suspected terror attack in Reading park, court hears Khairi Saadallah accused of three counts of murder following attack in Reading The 25-year-old, from Reading, is also facing three counts of attempted murder Accused … Read more

Reading terror suspect is ‘Libyan refugee’ who had ‘previously been to prison in UK’ 

Why was he not deported? Reading terror suspect is 25-year-old ‘Libyan refugee’ who had ‘previously been to prison in UK’ Terror suspect accused of stabbing three people ‘had previously been jailed’  The 25-year-old is thought to be Libyan refugee named Khairi Saadallah Reports indicate he had been previously jailed for a minor non-terror offence By … Read more

Refugee Syrian hospital tells PM his levy on foreign workers is ‘unfair, unjust and inhumane’ 

The Syrian refugee hospital cleaner who tearfully shamed Boris Johnson into a U-turn over banning foreign workers from the NHS’ bereavement scheme today urged the Prime Minister to scrap the ‘inhumane’ charge forcing them to pay to use the health service. Hassan Akkad said he felt ‘stabbed in the back’ because of the treatment of … Read more

47 child migrants evacuated from refugee camps in Greece arrive in Germany 

Group of 47 unaccompanied child migrants evacuated from refugee camps in Greece arrive in Germany The 47 minors, among them four girls, come from Afghanistan, Syria and Eritrea  They landed in Hanover on a flight from Athens today and now face quarantine They were previously housed in refugee camps in Lesbos, Samos and Chios  German … Read more

Syrian-born refugee becomes a hospital cleaner after ‘England welcomed me with open arms’

A Bafta-winning Syrian photographer and filmmaker who has temporarily changed careers to serve on the coronavirus frontline as a hospital cleaner says he was desperate to help after ‘England welcomed me with open arms’.  Hassan Akkad, who fled to the UK after he was imprisoned and tortured in Syria, is working at St Bartholomew’s Hospital … Read more