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The Spanish Constitutional Court, the country’s highest court, has announced that it would back fast deportations of migrants who attempt to enter Spain’s north African enclaves Ceuta and Melilla. In a move criticized by human rights groups, Spain’s Constitutional Court has upheld most of the country’s 2015 security law which allows for express deportations of migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish territories of Ceuta and Melilla on the African continent. The announcement was made on Thursday, November 19. The two enclaves represent the EU’s only land border with Africa. Each year, as the French news agency Agence France…

Mawda Shawri was just two years old when she died in May 2018. The Kurdish toddler was in a van transporting her parents and other migrants towards the Belgian coast, in the hope they could make it to the UK. A policeman was charged with involuntary manslaughter in January this year — today the trial begins. In the case of Mawda Shawri, the trial of three men began today on November 23 in Mons, Belgium. A Belgian police officer is charged with involuntary manslaughter and two Iraqi Kurds, one of whom was driving the van that Mawda Shawri died in,…

The Spanish foreign minister met with her counterpart in Senegal on Sunday to talk about how the two countries can increase measures to deter potential migrants attempting to make the 1,500 kilometer Atlantic crossing from West Africa to the Canary Islands. In order to discuss ways that Spain and Senegal could deter illegal migration, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya traveled to the Senegalese capital Dakar at the weekend to meet with the country’s president, Macky Sall, Foreign Minister Aissata Tall Sall, as well as other members of the foreign ministry. According to news agency Reuters, Spain promised to increase its…

Many have lost their source of income and have found it even harder to buy food or pay rent. Unaccompanied and separated children have become increasingly vulnerable and reports of GBV are rising. Pacing around the small living room of the apartment she shares with three other women, Zahra keeps her eyes locked on her phone. For months, she has been clutching on to the hope of receiving a phone call from a prospective employer. The 20-year-old Eritrean refugee arrived alone in Egypt four years ago. As a child, she received financial support from UNHCR as well as educational and…

WFP estimates that 271.8 million people in countries where it operates are acutely food insecure – or directly at-risk of becoming so – due to the aggravating effect the protracted COVID-19 crisis is having in areas affected by conflict, socio-economic downturn, natural hazards, climate change and pests. The latest estimate marks an increase in acute food insecurity from the earlier June projection. This November update of WFP’s Global Response Plan to COVID-19 takes stock of efforts by regional bureaux and country offices to continue to sustain and scale-up operations to assist vulnerable communities and to support governments in their health…

With 14 million people needing aid, a 55% increase since 2019, and 6,000 civilian casualties this year, Afghans are caught in the middle of one of the deadliest conflicts for civilians. As humanitarian needs in Afghanistan skyrocket amid unrelenting violence and the spread of COVID-19, the 2020 Afghanistan Conference is a critical opportunity for the international community to increase funding and bring about an inclusive peace process. With 14 million people in need of aid, a 55% increase since 2019, and 6,000 civilian casualties in the first three quarters of 2020 alone, Afghans are caught in the middle of one of the…

Acute child malnutrition rates have reached record levels in parts of the country, up 10% just this year. Nearly 325,000 under-fives suffer from severe acute malnutrition and are fighting to survive. “As Yemen slowly inches towards what the UN Secretary-General has described as potentially ‘the worst famine in decades,’ the risk to children’s lives is higher than ever. “The warning signs have been clear for far too long. “More than 12 million children need humanitarian assistance. “Acute child malnutrition rates have reached record levels in some parts of the country, marking a 10 per cent increase just this year. “Nearly…

A businessman and NPP Ashanti Regional news vendors president, Bismark Ayensu has thrown a mouth-watering challenge to Ghanaians that His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has out perform all presidents in the history of Ghana. His assessment was linked to comments made by former president, John Dramani Mahama that he has performed better than Nana Addo-led government. According to the businessman, Nana Addo’s track record is incomparable to any government in the history of the fourth Republic of the seventh parliament of Ghana. The businessman speaking in a Twi language with Vigo and statistics in a video throwing a…

Wednesday marks the end of the 11th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), nearly six months after the first cases were reported in Equateur Province. The outbreak took place in communities scattered across dense rain forests as well as crowded urban areas, creating logistical challenges. These were surmounted due to the leadership of the government and local communities, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners. WHO congratulates responders and all those who tirelessly tracked cases, provided treatment, engaged communities and vaccinated more than 40 000 people at high risk and thanks a wide range…

The Humanitarian Country Team in Honduras today launched a Flash Appeal to respond to the needs of 450,000 of the most vulnerable people in provinces affected by Tropical Storm Eta. Response efforts continue as the heavy rains brought by Eta triggered floods countrywide, causing catastrophic damage across nearly all of Honduras’s 18 departments and generating significant humanitarian needs. The storm has affected more than 2 million people, severely impacting the northern Atlantic departments of Atlántida, Cortés, Santa Bárbara and Yoro, including the Sula Valley, home to 30 per cent of the country’s population. As a new Tropical Storm, Iota, was about to…