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100 asylum seekers held in Nauru detention centre!
Photo credit: the National The Nauru Regional Processing Centre is an offshore Australian immigration detention facility in use from 2000 to 2008, 2012 to 2019, and September 2021. The detainees at the centre have suffered severe human rights abuses, and there are widespread reports of suicides and psychiatric illnesses. The Guardian reports that the number of…
117 million forcibly displaced in 2023!
Photo credit: Malaysia Today The United Nations disclosed that 117 million people were forcibly displaced in 2023. It warned that the number could increase if political changes do not occur. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said, “These are refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people, people being forced away by conflict, by persecution, by…
Pakistan won’t issue passports to its nationals abroad!
Photo credit: Daily Ausaf The government of Pakistan has decided not to issue passports to Pakistanis either living abroad on asylum or seeking refuge in foreign countries. The Nation reports that Pakistan’s minister for the Interior has directed the passport office not to issue passports to individuals who have sought asylum or are already living…
Haiti’s interim PM forms government!
Photo credit: CBC Haiti’s interim Prime Minister, Garry Conile, has formed a new cabinet, replacing all the members of former Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s cabinet. Meanwhile, the country is making efforts to tackle economic woes and gang violence. The announcement came a fortnight after the council appointed Garry Conille as interim prime minister. Mr Conille was…
Russia sends Nigerians to war!
Photo credit: Reuters “All is fair in war,” according to John Lily in the “Anatomy of Wit” published in 1578. It is not, therefore, surprising that to renew their visas, Russia is allegedly sending thousands of migrants to the battle fronts against Ukraine. According to officials familiar with the situation, Russia has said it wouldn’t…
39 die as migrant boat sinks!
Photo credit: Dhaka Tribune At least 39 people are reported to have died when a migrant boat sank off the coast of Yemen, the UN immigration agency has reported. The International Agency reports that 150 others were missing, but 71 people survived. The nationalities of the migrants were not clear. Many migrants from the Horn of…