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On the ninth anniversary of the Rohingya genocide, hundreds of refugees protested in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, demanding justice and the right to return home. Bangladesh hosts about 1.2 million Rohingya refugees amid declining aid and worsening living conditions, while international action remains limited and legal cases in the ICJ and ICC continue without clear resolution.
Poland hosts about 1 million Ukrainians (refugees and long-term residents); more than 70% have found work and they’re estimated to have added about 2.7% to Poland’s GDP in 2024, but anti-Ukrainian sentiment is rising, threatening shelters and social cohesion as many refugees are women and children.
Two Venezuelan brothers who survived deadly quakes and searched for missing relatives in Venezuela relocate to Cali, Colombia, only to endure Colombia’s strongest earthquake this century days after arriving; as they cope with loss, displacement and ongoing searches for loved ones, they remain hopeful for education and a stable future.
BBC reporter Ben Philip covers the investigation into the death of Scottish aid worker Lisa Ross, whose body was found in an abandoned Athens building. Afghan-born Sharif Ahmadzai is charged and remanded after allegedly moving the body; he denies homicide. The case has drawn local shock in Kypseli, highlighted by court appearances and ongoing leaks shaping coverage, while emphasizing Lisa Ross's refugee-support work and the broader refugee context in Greece.
The Conservatives would end social housing tenancies for foreign nationals in England and cancel current tenancies for couples where neither person is UK/Irish/EU, aiming to free about 228,000 homes for British families; future tenancies would be limited to UK nationals and EU settled-status holders, while asylum seekers remain largely ineligible except in exceptional cases. Labour calls the plan unserious and unworkable, Shelter warns it would worsen homelessness, and about 1.34 million households are on social housing waiting lists.
Hundreds of people from Ethiopia's Tigray region fled into Sudan after weekend clashes between regional forces and the Ethiopian army in Shererina near the border, reviving fears of a return to civil war in northern Ethiopia as the 2022 peace deal remains only partially implemented and both sides blame each other amid reports of explosions, gunfire and drone activity.
UNHCR says at least 143 refugees and migrants are dead or missing from a single boat off Mauritania after 25 days adrift; 387 people were rescued from other boats between July 14–18; the vessel left The Gambia and arrived at Nouadhibou with 38 survivors and bodies on board, including two children who lost their families; another death occurred on a vessel that disembarked July 14; Mauritania's coastguard says 122 are missing; the dead were from sub-Saharan states; the route to the Canary Islands is among the deadliest, and EU crackdowns have driven departures to longer, riskier journeys down the coast.
Three years ago, a nine-member North Korean family—including two children and a six-month-pregnant woman—fled by a stormy sea, evading a patrol and a South Korean navy chase before being transferred to a larger vessel and landing in Incheon; life in the South has been challenging at times, but they remain grateful for escaping the North’s dictatorship and propaganda.
Two boats carrying about 530 Rohingya asylum seekers left Myanmar’s Rakhine state on June 29 and have not been heard from, with monsoon seas making capsizes likely and survivors uncertain. Bodies have washed ashore in Bangladesh and Myanmar as families await news. The disappearance is part of a broader exodus driven by dire conditions in Rakhine and Bangladesh, aided by trafficking networks routing people via Thailand toward Malaysia. The UN has urged safer routes, but no regional government has facilitated an easier exit for the Rohingya.
Two boats carrying Rohingya migrants from Myanmar's Rakhine state sank in the Andaman Sea near the Ayeyarwady coast, with about 250 on one vessel and 280 on the other, leaving more than 500 feared dead. The journeys occurred in late June outside the regular sailing season, amid deteriorating conditions and funding cuts in Cox’s Bazar that heighten risks for refugees, as Myanmar's civil conflict continues and aid flows dwindle.
UN agencies warn that more than 500 people, mostly Rohingya from Rakhine, may have died in two boat disasters off Myanmar—one about 250 people missing after departure and another about 280 believed sunk off the Ayeyarwady coast on 8 July—highlighting hazardous journeys outside the sailing season amid heavy rains and trafficking networks; they urge search-and-rescue, asylum access, action against smugglers, and sustained international support for refugees in Bangladesh.
Pope Leo XIV visited Lampedusa, thanking islanders and migrants for their solidarity amid Europe’s migration challenges, urged everyone to persevere beyond divisions, and highlighted the island’s role as a beacon of fraternity at the Mediterranean frontier.
A Guardian analysis shows that many of the 39 countries barred or restricted for US entry are among the world’s most climate-vulnerable, meaning the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown disproportionately affects people displaced by climate disasters. Bans extend to nations like Chad, Niger, Sudan, Somalia and Sierra Leone, while TPS protections are being rolled back for several affected countries. With no formal international or US framework recognizing climate-based displacement, advocates warn that climate refugees face dwindling protection and rising displacement, and prospects for new climate-migration policy remain dim amid broader anti-immigration measures.
A truck carrying returning Afghan refugees crashed, killing 22 people.
The Trump administration expands refugee access for White South Africans, a policy change announced during a White House meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, signaling a broader shift in U.S. refugee policy.