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19th Mar 2024

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Most child asylum seekers are adults, says Denmark

The vast majority of child asylum seekers in Denmark are actually over 18 years old, according to test results conducted by the Copenhagen-based Institute of Forensic Medicine, reports Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The institute age tested some 800 child asylum seekers through x-rays on fingers and teeth. However, some experts have said that such dental exams do not always produce reliable results.

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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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