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Adila Mir
Dec 29, 20192 min read
Climate Refugees
In light of sustainability week at UCL, UCL STAR held a bake sale to raise funds for the national charity UK STAR! We raised close to...
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miribf97
Dec 16, 20193 min read
Know their Names: THE STORY OF NAW PAW TAI EH MOO
UCL STAR News is starting an article series called ‘Know Their Names’. Through this, we hope to share stories of individual refugees and...
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Dec 16, 20193 min read
GREECE: REFUGEES, GOVERNMENT POLICY AND AIRBNB
Refugees in Greece have to resort to squatting to find suitable locations to live. Police Brutality is a major issue.
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Adila Mir
Dec 2, 20194 min read
The Plight of the Uyghurs of China.
Who are the Uyghurs? The Uyghurs are a minority ethnic group, majority of whom are Muslim, in the Xinjiang province in China. The Uyghur...
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miribf97
Nov 18, 20193 min read
Why are conditions at the Moria refugee camp so bad?
Moria camp in Lesvos i currently housing 13,000 refugees (Image: Getty) My psychology professor went to volunteer at the Moria refugee...
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Nov 18, 20194 min read
A Brief History of Refugees in the Aegean
The refugee crisis in the Aegean has happened before. This story is inextricably linked with both Greek and Turkish History
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Nov 4, 20193 min read
The Cost of Moving Borders
Isadora Dullaert investigates the EU’s new approach to migration control. In response to the European refugee crisis, EU-leaders have...
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Adila Mir
Sep 26, 20192 min read
Refugees in Yemen
In 2017 alone, 100,000 migrants were recorded entering Yemen. In that same year, 119,000 migrants arrived on the shores of Italy,...
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Adila Mir
Sep 26, 20193 min read
Calais, France - Alice's Volunteering Experience
Hi, my name’s Alice and I volunteered in Northern France from 2016 – 2018. I largely work with Refugee Community Kitchen, preparing,...
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Feb 21, 20191 min read
Equal Access at UCL
At UCL, STAR is currently working towards increasing the number of scholarships offered within the Equal Access Scheme. In particular, we...
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Feb 21, 20191 min read
Equal Access Conference
The Equal Access campaign run by STAR has been running for 10 years and aims to achieve the goal of equal access to university for...
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Feb 21, 20191 min read
Home Office Confirms Asylum Seekers can Study!
As a student, you never expect the government to state that you cannot study anymore. And yet, exactly that happened. In January 2018,...
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Julia Callies
Feb 20, 20192 min read
The Venezuelan Refugee Crisis
Faced with food and medicine shortages, a government crackdown, political persecution, crime and hyperinflation, Venezuelans are fleeing...
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Tanya Hussain
Feb 20, 20192 min read
Syrian Refugees
The Syrian civil war has been going on for over 7 years now and whilst media coverage and attention on the war has slowed, the...
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Adila Mir
Feb 20, 20192 min read
The Rohingya Crisis
The Rohingya have been subject to racial and religious violence for many years with a substantial increase in August 2017. The Rohingya...
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