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Amid the widespread civilian suffering in Sudan, the fate of over one million refugees living in Sudan when the conflict erupted is often overlooked. In recent weeks, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked towns across Sennar state, which neighbors Gedaref state and where more than 40,000 refugees from Ethiopia are currently hosted. In Kassala state, further east, Eritreans […]

Here’s an overview of some of the countries whose people are being uprooted this year. An estimated 117 million people worldwide, or 1.5 percent of the global population, is forcibly displaced from their home, according to the UN Refugee Agency. Whether fleeing war, persecution, instability, or climate change and natural disasters, uprooted people face intense needs in their […]

Overview This is the second WHO report summarizing the multi-country health situation and WHO’s response across the regional emergency caused by the conflict in Sudan. Since the start of the conflict in April 2023, over 10 million people have been displaced internally—the largest number in the world—and over 2 million into neighbouring countries, including Chad, […]

Regional Overview MID-YEAR UPDATE Since the devastating conflict broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April 2023, the magnitude of displacement within Sudan and into neighbouring and other countries is growing with two new hosting countries – Libya and Uganda – now also part of the Regional […]

In January, Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis featured prominently at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Among the various topics, he was asked to comment on was migration. “Greece has probably managed the migration problem better than most other European countries,” he said confidently in an interview with CNN’s Richard Quest on the sidelines of […]

INVESTIGATIONAn investigation carried out by Le Monde, Lighthouse Reports and seven international media outlets found that migrants are being arrested by the hundreds and deported to desert areas in Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania. Human rights are being violated with the backing of the European Union’s resources. READMORE

According to data published on Wednesday, March 13th, by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), the number of attempts of illegal crossing of the external borders of the European Union in the first two months of 2024 amounted to approximately 31,200, which was at a level similar to that of the previous year.This text comes from MILMAG Military […]

Eight years after the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying facedown on a beach in Turkey shocked the world, pictures of asylum seekers’ lifeless bodies washed up on the coast of Italy’s Calabria region in February once again stirred global outrage. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen responded to the tragic shipwreck just metres away from […]

In the first four months of 2024, there were significantly fewer people illegally crossing the European Union (EU) than during the same time in 2023. The number of these irregular crossings decreased by 23%, according to Frontex, the EU’s border agency. READMORE

Total irregular arrivals to the EU have dropped from 1.04 million in 2015 to 0.28 million in 2023.  The breakdown per migratory route in 2024 is as follows: Eastern route: 17 315 arrivals Central route: 16 068 arrivals Western routes: 19 887 arrivals READMORE