Agencies distribute food, blankets, cash as hunger and cold threaten Afghanistan
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Aid agencies delivered food, blankets and cash to hundreds of displaced families in Kabul on Wednesday as humanitarian assistance begins to trickle into Afghanistan following warnings the country faces potentially catastrophic famine this winter. The distribution of aid to 324 families represents a tiny fraction of the needs in Afghanistan, which faces a […]
At least 34 migrants dead as boat capsizes off Djibouti, IOM says
Nairobi, KenyaReuters At least 34 people drowned when a boat carrying migrants from Yemen capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday. Bodies of suspected migrants who died after their boat capsized are seen arranged after they were retrieved off the Coast of Djibouti, on 12th April. PICTURE: International […]
Senegal launches online database to track the traffickers
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation A new online database of human trafficking cases will help Senegal crack down on a rampant crime that is little understood, highlighting hotspots and profiling crooks in a bid to curb the growing trade in people, the government said last week. The ‘Systraite’ system will collect information on victims, convictions, traffickers […]
Pope Francis again appeals for governments to act Mediterranean migrant crisis following “worst” shipwreck this year
Pope Francis has again appealed to the international community to act “promptly” and “decisively” to avoid further tragedies involving would-be migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe. His comments follow news last week that up to 150 people are feared to have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of […]
UN says Rohingya refugee girls sold into forced labour in Bangladesh
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rohingya refugee girls are being sold into forced labour to raise money for desperate families in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh, according to the United Nations’ migration agency. The International Organization for Migration said it had identified 99 cases of human trafficking during the year starting September, 2017, although it cautioned that the true number […]
Some 85 child slaves rescued from Sudan’s streets and gold mines
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nearly 100 human trafficking victims have been rescued in a major police operation in Sudan, including dozens of children forced to work in illegal gold mines, Interpol said on Monday. Operation Sawiyan involved 200 Sudanese police officers who rescued 94 people, including 85 minors, from criminal networks in and around the capital, […]
MIGRATION: IN SAHARAN OUTPOST, EUROPE’S UNWANTED STUCK IN LIMBO
NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Niger on the plight of stranded migrants…
TRAFFICKING: LURED WITH A HAPPILY-EVER-AFTER DREAM, ROHINGYA GIRLS SOLD IN INDIA
ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India…
Number of migrants making Mediterranean crossing drops by half in 2017, new data shows
The number of migrants who crossed the Mediterranean Sea into Europe last year was less than half that of the previous year but the number of deaths remains at more than 3,100 people, according to data from the International Organization for Migration. The figures, released late last week, show that an estimated 3,116 people had […]