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UN agency records at least 686 deaths, disappearances in 2022 during record-breaking year for fatalities in Americas.

My parents were part of the Windrush generation that helped rebuild Britain after 1945. Now, like then, rich countries need to pull together, says BBC News presenter Clive Myrie

IOM says half of country’s population now in need of aid and protection after months of violence

Indonesia is a major refugee transit country in Southeast Asia. As of May 2023, Indonesia hosted at least 12,704 refugees, primarily from Afghanistan, Somalia, Myanmar, Iraq and Sudan. Almost 30% are children.

Walking Borders said it told authorities in four countries on 20 July about vessel with more than 100 asylum seekers onboard

Over 60 people have been feared dead and 38 others have been rescued after a boat capsized off Cape Verde, Al Jazeera reported citing International Organization for Migration (IOM) authorities. Read further on Dynamite news:

Among the survivors, there are four children aged between 12 and 16 years

Fishing vessel with 100 asylum seekers was travelling from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands

The UK government is taking a harsher approach to tackle criminal activity which is blighting local neighbourhoods. And recently, government ministers have been talking tough about repeat shoplifting, including the possibility of introducing new laws which would see prolific shoplifters imprisoned. This has all been against a backdrop of concern…

Dozens of migrants have been dramatically brought to safety by Italian rescuers as they foundered in the sea or clung to a rocky reef

UN Refugee Agency and IOM urge steps – including more legal pathways for migrants – to curb humanitarian crisis