Record number of Rohingya refugees died at sea last year, UNHCR says
The UN refugee agency has warned of an ‘unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees’ in South Asia
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Beaten, left to die, robbed: Refugees tell of violence on Croatian border
As they attempt to reach the EU from Bosnia, more than a dozen refugees accuse border officials and police of violence.
Sudan war ‘being fought on women’s bodies’: Survivors detail sexual assault
In a new report, Doctors Without Borders says sexual violence is the ‘defining feature’ of the conflict in Sudan.
At least 22 migrants die off Greece after 6 days at sea
Survivors tell authorities the bodies of those who died were thrown overboard by people smugglers.
Canada’s Bill C-12 an ‘attack on refugee, migrant rights’: Advocates
Rights groups say new law restricting asylum will put thousands ‘at risk of persecution, violence and precarity’.
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What’s happened in Gaza and the West Bank since the start of the Iran war?
Israel has closed the Rafah border crossing and Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank have continued.
South Africa summons new US ambassador over ‘undiplomatic remarks’
US President Trump has claimed South Africa is engaged in a campaign of white persecution, which Pretoria denies.
At least 14 dead after migrant boat crashes into Turkish coastguard vessel
Collision involving inflatable boat carrying migrants or refugees occurs off southwestern Turkiye’s Antalya province.
At least 217 killed in Israel’s Lebanon attacks as Beirut, south, east hit
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group urges Israelis to evacuate border areas as Israel continues to bomb the country.
UK to end study visas for Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan students
The ban on students from the four countries comes amid a rise in anti-immigration sentiment in the UK.
Deadly journeys: Refugees, migrants risk everything to reach Europe
Crossing to Europe offers hope but exposes refugees to peril, as militia abuse persists in unsafe Libya.
