The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR has called on the international community to provide protection and assistance to the Congolese fleeing the escalating conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Catholic Diocese in Pistoia, in central Italy, has called out the behavior of certain center-right politicians, saying they have been attacking a Bishop over a center for migrants in Vicofaro.

Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor from the Conservative CDU party, has vowed to increase deportations of asylum-seekers and block them from entering Germany via other EU countries, leaving those at risk in fear.

Called "the worlds largest displacement crisis" by UNHCR, more than a million Syrians want to return to their areas of origin. Adequate housing, employment and basic services are challenges facing them if they go back.