#refugee-crisis

#refugee-crisis

About 300,000 people have fled South Sudan so far in 2025 as armed conflict between rival leaders threatens civil war, the United Nations warns. The mass displacement was reported on Monday by the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan. The report cautioned that the conflict between President Salva Kiir and suspended First Vice President Riek Machar risks a return to full-scale war. The commission's report called for an urgent regional intervention to prevent the country from sliding towards such a tragic event.

Salana is certain she will be stoned to death if sent back to Afghanistan, as she says repeatedly to those asking about repatriation flights: 'I cannot go back.'

"Even if I would stay there [in Romania], I didn't know exactly what to do there further. And I decided that it's going to be better for me here not to know what to do yet."

The Trump administration is rolling back programs that were created to assist more than 250,000 Afghans with planned resettlement in the United States.

As we speak, aid is disappearing rapidly, putting the lives of nearly a million refugees at risk. We urgently need international support to avert catastrophe.

Aoun emphasized that Syria's stability would have a positive effect on Lebanon and the region as a whole, acknowledging the importance of recent US decisions.

"We have had a good role here, especially with Syrian restaurants and food," Habesh says.