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The US has expelled a group of people to Ghana and other African countries. This has taken place amid intense secrecy, through an aggressive deportation strategy that offers few safeguards to those detained

An investigation by several media outlets, including EL PAÍS, reveals that Frontex provided the European police agency with indiscriminate information on thousands of people, gathered from covert interrogations of new arrivals in Europe

Some 123.2 million people were living as refugees in 2024, double the number a decade ago, but UNHCR has noted a slight change in the trend in recent months

As the Trump administration pulls back, UNHCR is calling on other nations to protect the world’s most vulnerable

Ukraine leads the way in unmanned vehicle innovation, but the invaders are advancing with weapons that have been key to their recapture of territory in Kursk

April Huggett traded her life as a homemaker in Canada for the trenches of Ukraine to defend democracy and freedom against Russia’s expansionist ambitions

The US has also pledged to help restore Russian agricultural exports, which have been crippled by international sanctions since the February 2022 invasion

Created by law to address the military’s personnel shortages, the Alcatraz Battalion is made up of recruits who have voluntarily exchanged incarceration for the frontlines

Washington confirms that the situation in the Black Sea was one of the major issues discussed in the talks held in Riyadh

The Ukrainian president remains cautious about Putin’s commitment to the cease-fire agreed upon with the US. In the early hours of the morning, both sides targeted energy infrastructure

Russian troop movements to Kursk to recapture the region are allowing Ukraine to stem the advance in the eastern province

The meeting between Washington and Kyiv in Saudi Arabia ended with a joint statement in which they also committed to signing the mineral exploitation agreement. The US will pass the proposal on to Russia and says the ball is now in Moscow’s court

Several soldiers deployed in the east of the country, where the most intense fighting is taking place to contain the Russian advance, describe their daily difficulties and demand better weapons

Research estimates the conflict has claimed over 61,000 lives since April 2023, three times the UN figure. Chances of a ceasefire are increasingly slim

Nearly 10 million people need help dealing with anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from the Russian invasion

Zelenskiy argues that the Kremlin must ‘feel what it has done,’ suggesting that the Ukrainian Army is behind the offensive in Kursk Oblast. Analysts believe the move is an attempt to draw away Russian forces from the Donetsk front

The political leader of one of the provinces hardest hit by the Russian invasion says that military aid and permission from the Western allies to attack targets on enemy soil are yielding results

If all refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, and other people in need of international protection were brought together in one country, they would form the 12th largest in the world, with a population similar to that of Japan

An investigation by EL PAÍS with Lighthouse Reports reveals how Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia use European financing to detain and forcibly displace migrants and refugees. The victims are primarily Black people. The objective: prevent them from reaching Europe

The EU has warned that shipments by air and by ship “are not enough” and that Israel must open other land crossings that are currently closed

Chef José Andrés, who led the effort, explains how the mission to take 200 tons of food by sea with the Spanish ship ‘Open Arms’ was made possible with help from Cyprus, Jordan and UAE

Asylum requests from residents of the enclave and the West Bank tripled last year compared to 2021, but Israel’s attacks since October 7 have slowed the flow of those seeking protection on European soil

Cyprus and Israel in December announced a humanitarian sea route to the Strip but it failed to materialize despite a successful trial run that shipped 90 tons of aid to Egypt last Christmas

Cham Wings Airlines – sanctioned by the EU and investigated by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) – is part of a plot organized by an alleged drug trafficker, who has been sentenced to death in Libya. Meanwhile, the airline is advertised as a ‘humanitarian’ company at tourism fairs and conferences

Amy Pope, the head of the International Organization for Migration since October, advocates focusing on the private sector to promote mobility through safe and legal channels

The International Organization for Migration warns of a humanitarian emergency due to the significant amount of victims; at least 3,863 people lost their lives last year trying to cross a European border