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Photo credit: The Kyiv Independent Finnish Finance Minister Riikka Purra is proposing to abolish integration benefits which will save 317 million euros. UNN reports that the abolition will mainly affect Ukrainian refugees who constitute the majority of aid recipients. the minister presented her budget for next year this week and it abolishes integration benefits paid…

Photo credit: CBC As Gaza faces famine-level hunger, some Torontonians are appealing for donations to help the Palestinians. CBC reports that in July, 63 children died from malnutrition-related infections, according to the World Health Organisation. Over 180 Palestinians, including at least 94 children, have died from hunger over the last two years, according to Gaza…

Photo credit: Sky News Hundreds of arrests have been made across the UK in “week-long crackdown” crackdown on asylum seekers taking jobs for delivery firms. SKY News reports that out of the 1,780 people who were stopped and spoken to over suspected illegal working activity between 20 and 27 July, 280 were arrested in areas like…

Photo credit: Moscow Times Russia and Belarus are allegedly attempting to institute a migrant crisis within the EU with the assistance of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar. The Kyiv Independent reports that European Commission officials who spoke to the Telegraph claim to have tracked an increased number of flights between the Libyan capital, Benghazi, and the Belarusian…

Photo credit: Mainichi Japan’s internal affairs ministry has started surveying its municipalities on the collection of the individual resident tax from foreign workers who left Japan in 2024. The Japan Times reports that the resident tax is collected every fiscal year based on the previous year’s income.  In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some of foreign…

Photo credit: Al Jazeera The Sudanese city of al-Fashir has been cut off from the world by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than 15 months. SBS News reports that no food or aid delivery has been allowed in. Civilians now worry that the only thing awaiting them is death. A woman told in…

Photo credit: AP News Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City. AP reports that the Prime Minister’s office confirmed it. The decision was taken early Friday, and it marks another escalation of Israel’s 22-month offensive launched in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. The war has already killed thousands of Palestinians, destroyed much of…