Judge blocks US gov’t move to end deportation protections for Ethiopians
Ruling delays February 13 deadline affecting 5,000 people amid wider legal challenges to Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Ruling delays February 13 deadline affecting 5,000 people amid wider legal challenges to Trump’s immigration crackdown.






![Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Dawda Jallow sits in the courtroom, next to lawyer Arsalan Suleman, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) starts hearings in a landmark case brought by The Gambia, which accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya, a minority Muslim group, in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 12, 2026 [Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-12T094241Z_1499227565_RC2LZIAI6JY3_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-ROHINGYA-WORLD-COURT-1768496092.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


About 8 million Venezuelans, or a quarter of the population, have fled their country in recent years.

Tens of thousands of people have crossed into Burundi to escape violence in the eastern DRC.
‘We must live, we must hope’, say returnees who were displaced for a decade from homes in Malam Fatori, Borno State.
Already home to three million Venezuelan refugees, Colombia is worried that over a million more could try to cross over.
Bulldozers flatten refugee housing while Israel approves 126 settler housing units and targets UN agencies.

Every day, dozens of displaced people, mostly women and children, are arriving at a camp near Kosti, Sudan.

Authorities say they don’t have enough food, tents, and equipment to accommodate everyone fleeing Sudan’s war.

“Those who are arriving in White Nile [state] are arriving in a severe situation.”
UN refugee agency says women and children arriving ‘exhausted and severely traumatised’ after fleeing eastern DRC.