Offering Refuge News Today

welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland — which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but uk prime minister rishi sunak says — efforts must be intensified to restore the power—sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall—out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow it collapse...

Shared global challenges for the pay he will then address a joint session of irish parliament about us irish cooperation to advance democracy, peace, security and prosperity good as well as the sheer deep history between the united states and ireland. today one in ten americans claim irish ancestry for the irish—americans are privately represented in every facet of american life of the island is a key economic partner of the united states put up the united states and ireland are working closel...

International committee of the red cross is now in kyiv, calling for greater humanitarian access to get supplies in and greater protection of civilians. and these are pictures from mariupol. in the west of ukraine — every day since the war began between 30,000 and 40,000 internally displaced people arrive in lviv. in response more than 500 schools and theatres have opened their doors, offering refuge to those who have lost everything. bbc ukraines zhanna bezcuk went to visit one such school in...

And then you might need to wait another week for the result. not for the first time, the home office has been accused of being too slow, chaotic sometimes, even ha rd—hea rted. these changes, though, should make it easier and quicker for ukrainians with family already here to come, but its a million miles from offering refuge for all and ministers are still grappling with how to offer sanctuary for others in danger. with more than two million people on the move, refugees, young and old, wait. ...

Response infrastructure when the conflict broke out. in the west of ukraine, everyday since the war began between 30—40,000 internally displaced people arrive in lviv. in response more than 500 schools and theatres have opened their doors, offering refuge to those whove lost everything. bbc ukraines zhanna bezpiatchuk went to visit one such school in the centre of the city. these centre of the city. teachers work day and night these teachers work day and night to accommodate people fleeing war...

Now, the pictures that were getting there are quite chaotic and you can see lots of emergency vehicles and police and that has added to some of the confusion of what is going on. the united nations says nearly four million people have now left ukraine — nearly 10% of the population. most have fled to neighbouring countries like poland and romania. but places further afield are offering refuge, in any way they can. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. ina time in a time of crisis, necessity is ofte...

>> they walk us through the safe house for the undocumented running from immigration officers and an underground network. >> essentially you are trying to hide people? >> thats what we need to do as a community. >> on the other side of l.a., another safe house in this mans home. we are not naming him or saying where he lives because of whats at stake. tar are its hard not to think about all the people who did open their doors to safeguard jews where they were vulnerable as well as those that did...