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Children in Mali suffered a sharp increase in grave violations, particularly linked to the worsening security situation throughout the country. This was highlighted in the third report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Mali (1 July 2017 – 31 March 2020). Covering a nearly three-year period, the report underlines how the protection and well-being of children affected by armed conflict has continued to deteriorate, and underscores the alarming rise in child casualties due to the escalation of violence and intercommunal conflict that continues to take a heavy toll on these vulnerable young people. Areas in central and…

About 8.6 million people (16% of analysed population) are facing IPC Phase 3 or above. Of these, about 7.2 million are classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and 1.4 million in Emergency (IPC Phase 4). The 2020 IPC Belg and Meher analysis has analyzed a larger rural population of 53 million people compared to 41 million in the 2020 Belg analysis. The increase in population is due to additional areas from Meher dependent areas added to the previously analyzed population. In the analysis period of October to December 2020, about 8.6 million people are facing high levels of acute food…

The 2021 RMRP intends to strengthen the national and regional responses of host governments by supporting health, shelter, food and WASH interventions, as well as access to education and protection. Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration, launch a US$1.44 billion regional plan to respond to the growing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela and the communities hosting them across 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. There are approximately 5.4 million refugees and migrants from Venezuela around the world, the vast majority hosted by countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

The county of Pibor was found to present a very concerning situation, with some indicators surpassing the IPC Phase 5 thresholds. The IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis was conducted in South Sudan from October 26th to November 16th, 2020. Due to breakdown in technical consensus in relation to the estimation of populations in IPC Phase 5 in six counties, on November 17th, 2020, the IPC South Sudan Technical Working Group partners requested the IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) to conduct a Real Time Quality Review to assess the presence of populations in IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe) in the IPC Acute…

Links between immigration jails and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in nearby counties suggest they could’ve led to 250,000 cases. A new report from the Detention Watch Network found that the lack of a quick and efficient response to coronavirus in immigration jails could have caused nearly a quarter of a million infections nationwide. The report, titled “Hotbeds of Infection,” found that between May 1 and August 1, ICE immigration jails were responsible for over 245,000 COVID-19 cases throughout the country. This was 13 times higher than the rate of the general U.S. population. The authors examined links between facilities and…

The rule instructs asylum officers to negatively factor in if people crossed the border illegally when deciding to grant asylum. The Trump administration finalized a regulation on Thursday that restricts access to asylum in the U.S. The rule instructs asylum officers to negatively factor in if people crossed the border illegally, used fraudulent documents or passed through other countries without seeking refuge there first. The rule would prevent most migrants coming into the U.S. from successfully claiming asylum, according to experts and advocates. The rules will take effect nine days before Biden takes office. The rule is part of a…

Farhad Bandesh to speak at Melbourne rally and also outside Mantra hotel, where more than 60 people remain in detention. A Kurdish refugee who was suddenly freed from immigration detention after seven-and-a-half years has said he feels “reborn again”, and thanked supporters and human rights activists. Farhad Bandesh, an artist and musician who fled persecution in Iran, arrived in Australia in 2013 but was held on Manus Island for six years, and then in detention in Australia since July 2019. On Friday, the day of his 39th birthday, he was suddenly released from immigration detention, and met at the gates by friends, including refugee…

An Ubon Ratchathani man has been arrested for allegedly transporting 12 illegal migrants from Laos in a pickup truck late on Friday. The undocumented migrants comprised five males and seven females. At 10pm on Friday, officers of Navy’s Mekong Patrol Operation Command arrested Pranee (last name withheld), a local of Ubon Ratchathani’s Sri Muang Mai district, near a border checkpoint in Na Pho Klang subdistrict, in Khong Chiam district, which shares a border with Laos. One of the migrants reportedly said that they had travelled from several cities in Laos’ Champasak province, and had paid an agency in Thailand Bt4,000…

Jose Mourinho has warned his Tottenham players they face a searching test of their Premier League title credentials over the grueling Christmas period. Spurs, top of the table on goal difference, are about to embark on a run of seven fixtures in 21 days, which could have a huge say in whether they will remain as contenders. They start at Crystal Palace on Sunday before games against Liverpool, Leicester, Wolves, Fulham and Leeds, with a League Cup quarter-final at Stoke sandwiched in between. Mourinho has been used to juggling his squad as they have been in Europa League action and…

Jurgen Klopp expressed feelings of changing his mind over the need for VAR in football and believes the change to using technology to determine the finest of margins has made the game less enjoyable. The Reds were involved in three lengthy stoppages during a 1-1 draw away to Midtjylland in the Champions League on Wednesday for VAR to check a penalty awarded to the Danish champions and rule out a goal for either side. “We stop celebrating goals, we wait constantly, we have less than millimetre offside decisions. A lot of things are not like they were before, that’s the…