Salvini crackdown: bulldozers demolish Italian camp housing 1,500 refugees San Ferdinando shanty town cleared in first major eviction after launch of hardline immigration measures More than 1,500...
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Italy + 1 more
Salvini crackdown: bulldozers demolish Italian camp housing 1,500 refugees San Ferdinando shanty town cleared in first major eviction after launch of hardline immigration measures More than 1,500...
By Haroon Janjua and Karen McVeigh Thousands of homes swept away as rains follow devastating drought, with UN ‘shocked’ by lack of crisis funding support Afghanistan has been hit with the worst...
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By Helena Smith in Athens Migration minister warns camp on Samos where hundreds of children live in squalor is six times over capacity Greek authorities are scrambling to house almost 4,000 people...
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By Marwa Awad, World Food Programme in Syria I witnessed the constant hunger and thirst of those trapped in the remote Syrian desert, where aid rarely makes it through Between the southern border of...
Colombia + 1 more
With Venezuela in turmoil, more than 250,000 people have fled to Colombia’s first migrant camp, in Bogotá. But with scant food and no heating or sanitation, their hardship is unrelenting By Joe...
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Ruthless violence between francophone state forces and English-speaking separatists has forced tens of thousands of Cameroonians into Nigeria, splintering families and leaving many people sleeping...
Government help has been slow to reach hundreds of families displaced by the disaster in August, who fear they will have nowhere to go The government of Sierra Leone has started closing down the...
With almost every building damaged or reduced to rubble, no power and little water, survivors of September’s storm are relying on shelters and a trickle of aid When it rains or the wind blows in the...
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More than 800 people have been killed and 24 million affected following widespread floods across south Asia. Severe flooding has devastated communities and destroyed crops in India, Nepal and...
Hundreds feared dead, thousands still missing and many more left homeless after mud engulfs houses near the capital, Freetown Sierra Leone’s president has appealed for urgent help to support the...
The hunt for survivors of a devastating mudslide on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital has continued, with 270 bodies recovered so far, according to the mayor of Freetown. A mass burial will be...
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Thousands housed in inadequate facilities are at risk as temperatures plummet, warn aid groups and local mayors on islands A new bout of cold weather across southern Europe has reignited fears for...
Hunger follows displaced people around north-east Nigeria, as Boko Haram and climate change drive millions from their homes As Ali Kawu eases his handcart to a halt on a recent morning in north-east...
Aid trucks ready to deliver humanitarian supplies to besieged city of Aleppo amid cautious optimism that ceasefire will hold Matthew Weaver Aid agencies are preparing to send food and medical...
Chad + 3 more
The male recovery ward in the hospital is all in blue: blue sheets, pillows, curtains. Outside, the temperature hovers around 40 degrees: inside, large fans keep the air moving. All the beds are...
France + 1 more
Wooden structure, which served as base for lawyers providing advice to rough sleepers, burned down in suspected arson attack Angelique Chrisafis in Paris A legal centre in the makeshift camp for...
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By Lara Whyte Secret shelters in Baden-Württemberg support some of the 2,500 deeply traumatised women and children who have escaped Isis in northern Iraq From the outside, the shelter looks like a...
World + 4 more
We must match the audacity of the post-second world war European reconstruction programme As world leaders meet in London to confront the biggest humanitarian crisis since the end of the second world...
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Commission president says member states need to urgently implement concrete list of steps they agreed to in September EU member states are falling short of all the main commitments they agreed to in...
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Wet weather has turned the refugee camp at Calais into a sodden, muddy mess. But help is at hand – thanks to the infamously waterlogged music festival Life has never been easy in Calais’ sprawling...