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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Pulling up the drawbridge': Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood's plans for child refugees

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is criticized for restricting family reunion and asylum options, preventing unaccompanied refugee children from joining UK-based relatives.
fromwww.npr.org
4 months ago

With makeshift jump ropes and hide and seek, kids play to cope with crisis

In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with chains of rubber bands. In wartime Gaza, kids fly kites made from discarded parachutes. And in Ukraine, youngsters tussle in make-believe war, imitating soldiers as the real conflict rages on. These are some of the ways that children continue to create, imagine and seek joy even in the harshest circumstances. For them, play is not a simple pastime but a lifeline.
Mental health
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