The European Council reached a landmark agreement to reform the reception of migrants and asylum seekers. The pact contains loopholes that could endanger migrants.
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The outpouring of support for Senegal’s new government has overshadowed one of its major shortcomings: women’s rights and gender equality.
Cambodia’s government can’t get to grips with the cyber-slavery compounds run by Chinese mafia gangs on its territory, as the government’s official response has veered between minimization of the problem and denial. This failure is putting pressure on foreign governments to protect their nationals from falling victim to the scams.
China’s distant-water fishing fleet, the world’s largest, is engaging in human rights abuses and systematic illegal fishing on an unprecedented scale. Urgent action is needed now to rein in the Chinese fleet and end these abuses, which have global security and geopolitical ramifications, as well as real human costs.