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19th Mar 2024

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EU asylum agency pulls out of Lesbos hotspot

A spokesman for the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) said the agency had pulled out staff from an EU refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, after officials were attacked with petrol bombs. According to Reuters, some 70 protesters rioted because of the long delays in handling their asylum claims. More than 6,000 people are stuck in the Moria camp, which has a capacity of 3,000 people.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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