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Eight Innovative UK Businesses Owned By Refugees That Empower Fellow Refugees

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Eight Innovative UK Businesses Owned By Refugees That Empower Fellow Refugees

Refugees, often arriving in a new country with meager resources and facing discrimination, demonstrate remarkable resilience by forging their own paths as entrepreneurs. A 2012 report highlighted that immigrants are more likely to become entrepreneurs and start businesses than native-born citizens, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Report. This study, spanning 69 countries including the UK, … Read more

Bibby Stockholm Barge Suicide Victim Identified As Albanian National

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Bibby Stockholm Barge Suicide Victim Identified As Albanian National

The asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm barge, as a result of a suspected suicide, has been identified as Leonard Farruku. Farruku, who was first named by The Telegraph newspaper, was a 27-year-old Albanian national. Farruku’s death marks the second time an Albanian national has died in the space of four weeks, following … Read more

Sunak Wins Rwanda Bill Vote And Avoids Tory Rebellion

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Sunak Wins Rwanda Bill Vote And Avoids Tory Rebellion

Appearing on BBC Breakfast this week, Labour Leader Keir Starmer called Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s emergency Rwanda treaty a “performance art”. The Rwanda treaty, which will see all undocumented migrants who have arrived to the UK through the English Channel deported to Rwanda, was ruled “unlawful” by both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme … Read more