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  • Kenya has announced that it will no longer host refugees, citing economic, environmental, and security concerns. Read more: http://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2016/5/5730b5f36/unhcr-appeals-kenya-decision-end-refugee-hosting.html
  • 41,000 asylum seekers in the Netherlands are being housed in former prisons. Read more:http://www.smh.com.au/world/dutch-prisons-offer-asylum-to-refugees-20160518-goxubl.html
  • 14,000 refugees were rescued in the Mediterranean by the Italian coast guard in the last week alone. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-28/around-14,000-migrants-rescued-off-boats-in-last-week,-un-says/7455610

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  • Cate Blanchett has been appointed a UNCHR Goodwill Ambassador following a humanitarian mission to Jordan. Read more: http://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2016/5/5727776f6/cate-blanchett-appointed-unhcr-goodwill-ambassador.html
  • Two Iranian refugees on Nauru have agreed to be transferred to Cambodia, despite the resettlement program’s poor record. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/two-refugees-on-nauru-agree-to-resettle-in-cambodia-reviving-teetering-55m-deal-20160524-gp30gh
  • Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has come under fire for his comments about “illiterate and innumerate” refugees taking Australian jobs. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/peter-dutton-says-illiterate-and-innumerate-refugees-would-take-australian-jobs-20160517-goxhj1.html
  • Asylum seekers on Manus Island are now free to leave the detention centre, but cannot leave the island unless they consent to be resettled in Papua New Guinea. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-12/png-authorities-say-manus-refugees-no-longer-in-detention/7407826
  • A Somali refugee is in intensive care in Brisbane after receiving an emergency caesarean section on Nauru. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/05/14/refugee-mum-stable-brisbane-hospital-after-nauru-c-section

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