Migrant smuggling increases by boat in Bahamas to the US
As the island nation struggles to contain an increase of migrants seeking to reach the United States on frequently decrepit and overloaded boats, patrol...
Over 3,000 people lost in sea while crossing to Europe in 2021
According to a United Nations refugee agency study released on Friday, more than 3,000 refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers died or went missing last...
Children getting killed, injured by discarded explosives in Ethiopia
Eysa Mohammed, a fifteen-year-old girl from northern Ethiopia's Afar region, was collecting water near her home when an explosion underfoot tore shrapnel into her...
Poverty declined in Colombia in 2021; but still above pre-Covid times
Colombian poverty levels reduced last year compared to 2020, owing to the Andean country's economic recovery, but have yet to return to levels observed...
Mexico detains around 6k foreign migrants in 4 days
Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) reported on Monday that nearly 6,000 international migrants were detained in a four-day period.According to the INM, the majority...
In Switzerland, Ukrainian refugees queue for food
Hundreds of Ukrainians queued in central Zurich on Saturday for food handouts as wealthy Switzerland struggled to cope with the entry of roughly 40,000...
Hospital runs out of food in Ethiopia’s Tigray
After food supplies ran out last week, the primary hospital in Ethiopia's war-torn region of Tigray sent 240 patients home, officials said.Despite the government's...
NGOs’ aid feeding millions of hungry in Yemen during Ramadan ceasefire
A two-month ceasefire has allowed aid organizations to increase aid to Yemen's hungry millions, but if violence resumes or humanitarian funding does not increase,...
Lebanon: Maternal deaths triple, UNICEF raise concerns over children’s health amid crisis
The number of women dying in Lebanon from pregnancy-related issues has nearly tripled, according to UNICEF, despite a three-year economic crisis that has seen...
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