After dealing with up to 50 requests for missing Syrians, the Red Cross has said thousands more people have sought its help in recent months. Reunions, however, have seldom occurred, according to the aid organization.
Mass migrant departures from Africa are picking up again after a slight respite, with about 1,400 migrants rescued from the Strait of Sicily in recent days. 11 bodies were also recovered on Sunday.
The number of migrants arriving in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by sea had quadrupled in the first four months of the year. This is in respect to the same period in 2017 due to tighter controls at the land border with Morocco, Spani1
Doctors without Borders (MSF) has called on the international community to scale-up healthcare funding for Syrian refugees in the region. They warned that medical care in Jordan for Syrian is becoming out of reach due to recent fisc1
Berlin is upping its aid to Syria and refugees in the region, pledging to deliver an extra €1 billion. The UN has urged donor countries to contribute, warning that 13 million people are in need of emergency aid.