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19th Mar 2024

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French court orders water for Calais migrants

A court in Lille, in northern France, on Monday ordered French authorities to give migrants living in Calais access to drinking water, showers and sanitary facilities. The court however did not order the creation of a camp to accommodate 400 to 600 people, despite a request from NGOs. The government said last week that a new camp would have a "magnet effect". A previous camp was evacuated last year.

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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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