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Eight Innovative UK Businesses Owned By Refugees That Empower Fellow Refugees

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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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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