Meet the young Congolese joining up to fight the M23 rebel group

Issued on: 10/11/2022 – 15:35Modified: 10/11/2022 – 15:37 Hundreds of young people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are flocking to army recruiting centres and signing up after their president Felix Tshiesekedi called on the nation’s youth to help halt the advance of the March 23 Movement, a rebel…

U.K. to propose asylum ban on English Channel migrants

British Interior Minister Suella Braverman’s team said she would use her speech to the Conservative Party’s annual conference to commit to looking at new legislative powers to deport those who come to Britain illegally British Interior Minister Suella Braverman’s team said she would use her speech to the Conservative Party’s…

Two-thirds of Ukraine refugees plan to stay put for now, says UNHCR

Around two-thirds of refugees from Ukraine expect to stay in their host countries until hostilities subside and the security situation improves after Russia’s invasion, a survey by the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has found. The survey was conducted between mid-May and mid-June. Most of the refugees from Ukraine, mainly women…

Uyghurs in exile mark anniversary of deadly 2009 Urumqi unrest

Uyghur exile groups around the world on Tuesday demanded that China end its persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in a series of protests marking the 13th anniversary of deadly ethnic violence in the region’s capital. Uyghurs demonstrated in the capital cities of European Union countries, Turkey,…

Germany proposes new path to residency, work for migrants in limbo

ON THE GROUND Issued on: 02/07/2022 – 12:10 01:55 Ahmad and Ramin, Afghan asylum seekers in Berlin. © France 24 Some 200,000 migrants in Germany have been living in legal limbo, unable to work, with a visa status known as “tolerated”. These migrants’ asylum claims have been rejected, but they cannot…