Refugee

Somali refugee schoolgirl Shukri Yahye-Abdi drowned in River Irwell could not swim inquest hears

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The mother of a Somali refugee who drowned in a river told an inquest today she had never been swimming before her death.   Shukri Yahye-Abdi, 12, was pulled lifeless from the River Irwell near Bury on June 27 last year after her mother reported her missing.  The inquest into her death resumed today at Rochdale … Read more

Refugee crisis: German govt argues over proposed border zones

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By: AP | Warsaw | Published: October 14, 2015 6:26:49 pm Syrian refugees play in the snow at the refugee home in the former Rehberg Hospital in the Harz mountains in St. Andreasberg, Germany, Oct. 14, 2015. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP) Germany’s governing coalition is arguing over whether to set up “transit zones” on the … Read more