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two Afghan families walk in a clearing after leaving a Croatian forest near the Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa
THE European Union warned Bosnia today that thousands of refugees face a winter without shelter unless its government acts — though the bloc has itself been accused of complicity in illegal pushbacks and violence against migrants at the Croatian border.
Thousands of people have been sleeping rough in makeshift tent camps or abandoned houses with no facilities.
The closure of a camp in Bihac will make the situation worse, the EU says.
A society that grows accustomed to ‘undesirable’ people also grows accustomed to undesirable deaths. Minneapolis serves as a wake-up call, including for our own refugee policies, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
