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South Africa committed to protecting refugees: minister

South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said Wednesday his country remains committed to protecting refugees. Gigaba said South Africa does not have a refugee problem and the numbers which reside in the country are manageable. He commemorated the World Refugee Day in...

EU to update fingerprint database for asylum seekers

The European Union (EU) will include more data on asylum seekers and irregular migrants in its database. The European Parliament and European Council on Tuesday agreed to reinforce the EURODAC system, which stores and searches data on asylum applicants and irregular migrants, according...

Israel arrests 22 Palestinians in West Bank raids

Israeli forces detained 22 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military announced on Wednesday. The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army claimed in a statement without...