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Saudi Arabia holds hundreds of African migrants in appalling conditions: HRW
Dec 16, 2020 04:05Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Saudi Arabia has held in a deportation center hundreds of mostly Ethiopian migrant workers in “appalling” conditions, calling for their immediate release.
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Blaze in migrant squat near Barcelona kills at least two
Dec 10, 2020 11:34Flames ripped through an abandoned warehouse occupied by scores of immigrant squatters in a Barcelona suburb, killing at least two people and injuring at least 19 overnight.
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US temporarily closes detention facility at Texas border
Nov 26, 2020 05:30The US Border Patrol is temporarily closing a converted warehouse used to detain immigrants in South Texas for renovation.
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Refugee settlement plunging in 2020: UN
Nov 19, 2020 14:30The United Nations warned Thursday that 2020 could witness the fewest resettled refugees in almost two decades, in part due to the global pandemic.
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UN urges immediate action for safe return of stranded migrants amid pandemic
Oct 09, 2020 14:44More than 2.7 million migrants who wished to return home have been stranded abroad because of restrictions put in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Iranian diplomat, UN envoy urge Syria crisis settlement through political dialog
Sep 27, 2020 03:08Senior diplomats from Iran and the United Nations have stressed the importance of finding a final solution to the Syria crisis through the promotion of political dialog.
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Thousands march in Germany urging EU to take in refugees
Sep 20, 2020 12:19Thousands of people demonstrated Sunday in Berlin and other German cities, urging the European Union to take in migrants left without shelter after a fire destroyed their biggest camp in Greece.
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Hundreds of refugees move toward new Lesbos camp
Sep 18, 2020 10:24Dragging bags and bins full of belongings, migrants moved towards a new temporary tent camp on Greece's Lesbos on Friday (September 18), more than a week after a fire razed the country's biggest migrant camp, where they had been staying.
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13 detained after fire near second Greek refugee camp
Sep 16, 2020 06:19Thirteen people have been detained on the Greek island of Samos after a fire threatened the local migrant camp, police said Wednesday, days after another blaze destroyed Europe's largest migrant camp on Lesbos.
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Spain rescues 58 migrants at sea near Canary Islands
Sep 02, 2020 11:10A Spanish coast guard boat brought 58 migrants to the port of Arguineguin in the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Wednesday, after rescuing them from three dinghies in the Atlantic Ocean.