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19th Mar 2024

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Risk to asylum kids in EU increasing, says charity

A report out by the charity Save the Children on Wednesday says over 100,000 minors and children arrived in Europe last year. Many came alone or were separated from their families. "Today, national and EU policies have become even more restrictive, and many more children risk not having papers, or going underground," said the NGO's EU director, Ester Asin. Mental health and suicide are among the problems they face.

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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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