Italian Catholic charity Caritas is promoting an initiative to raise money for migrants who are stranded in the Lipa camp, in northwestern Bosnia, as the humanitarian situation is worsening along the Balkan route.
Save The Children has warned that almost 10 million children need life-saving assistance in Afghanistan, where conflict is causing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes every year.
The European Union has announced additional funding to help vulnerable migrants in Bosnia. At the same time, it warned that lives are at risk and urged the government to rebuild the Lipa camp, which burned down on December 23.
Over 1 million refugees in Uganda will face reduced food rations as a lack of international funding forces the UN World Food Programme to cut its relief program.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has sounded the alarm on the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region. The organization warned in a statement published on November 17 that thousands of refugees are fleeing ongoing fighting in the area each day, to seek safety in eastern Sudan.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday posthumously awarded the gold medal for civil merit to Roberto Malgesini. The priest was known for helping migrants and homeless people. He was stabbed to death in front of his home last month.
The Aachen Peace Prize 2020 is being awarded to Père Antoine Exelmans, a priest who has dedicated his life to helping migrants and refugees in Morocco. The German award is given each year to women, men or groups who fight against injustice and for peace.
The humanitarian rescue ship Alan Kurdi, operated by the organization Sea-Eye, has announced that it is setting sail for France after it was refused entry to ports in Italy and Malta. The ship rescued 133 migrants over the weekend.
On Sunday, the crew from the private rescue organization Sea-Eye announced they had taken on board 133 migrants from three different boats off the Libyan coast. Two of the rescues took place on Saturday and a further one happened on Sunday.
Italy is in shock after Father Roberto Malgesini was stabbed to death on September 15. The priest was well known in the northern Italian city of Como for his work helping immigrants and the homeless. The alleged killer, a Tunisian man with mental health problems, turned himself in to the police after the attack.
An estimated 300,000 people in Yemen have lost their homes, crops, livestock and personal belongings over the last three months due to torrential rains and severe flash floods, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. Among them are many displaced people.
The UN agency for Palestine refugees UNRWA has called on the international community to ensure that aid to support Lebanon in the wake of the August 4 explosion in Beirut also goes to Palestine refugees.