Afghanistan: UNHCR demands stop to forced returns
The UN refugee agency has called for a stop to deportations to Afghanistan. It has also asked neighboring countries to keep their borders open and to welcome new Afghan refugees.
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EU leaders condemn Belarus for migrant surge
Some EU officials have claimed Minsk is using "hybrid warfare" by deliberately sending migrants to Lithuania. Poland has sent additional troops to its border with Belarus to handle the influx.
Germany scrambles in late attempt to evacuate Afghans
States have called on Interior Minister Seehofer to start a new Afghan refugee program for people who helped German forces on site. One coordinator told DW he had been lobbying Angela Merkel to get people out for months.
European leaders differ over approach to Afghan refugees
The foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, has urged the European Union to accept quotas of refugees from Afghanistan. But some EU countries, including Austria, say Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover should not be offered1
ResQ People docks in Sicily with 166 migrants aboard
The humantiarian ship ResqPeople has docked at the Sicilian port of Augusta (Siracusa) with 166 migrants aboard, including women and children. Meanwhile another ship run by Doctors without Borders (MSF) with 322 rescuees aboard is s1