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Asylum seekers have received a respite from the Salvation Army as the NGO has opened a new temporary shelter for them. CBC reports that the pop-up shelter which has 80 beds is to ease the pressure from a continued inflow of asylum seekers. It is located in downtown Winnipeg. The executive director of Winnipeg’s Center…

Abdoulaye Bathily, the United Nations’ special envoy for Libya has resigned.  Le Monde reports him as saying that the UN could not support the country’s political transition as its feuding leaders had put their selfish interests above finding a lasting solution. The Senegalese said, “I tendered my resignation to the secretary-General.” He painted a dull…

Dai Bing, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN has called on European countries to “address the issue of migrant refugees with an open and inclusive mindset, and to protect the right to life  and human rights of migrant refugees.” CGTN reports that Bing made the remarks during an open briefing of the Security Council concerning the…

There are concerns that refugees in Ireland are being “scapegoated and discriminated” against by anti-migrant forces. Irish Independent reports that they are being framed as a threat to women’s safety. The executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, Dr Natalia Kanem said this before the publication of a new report that gives evidence of the…

Georgian lawmakers resorted to blows in the parliament when members of the ruling party were about to present a bill on “foreign agents.” Aljazeera reports that the bill had been criticized by Western countries and had been protested against at home. Mamuka Mdinaradze, leader of the ruling Georgian Dream Party who is a driving force…

After a year-long war in Sudan that has almost pushed its people into famine, donors across the globe have pledged to donate $2.1 billion in aid. AP reports that French President Emmanuel Macron said this at the end of an international conference in Paris aimed at getting support for Sudan’s 51 million people. The aid…

Sunday, March 14, was the tenth anniversary of the senseless abduction of the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School. Chibok is a town in Borno state of Nigeria. At a meeting in Lagos, calls for releasing the remaining girls were renewed. Present at the meeting were relatives of the girls and activists. A rescued schoolgirl, Grace…