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In this edition of Correspondents we go to Afghanistan, whose population has been facing serious food insecurity since the beginning of the month. We will also visit a camp for asylum seekers on the Greek island of Samos; the difficulties that reporters face in the exercise of their work; the persecution and mistreatment suffered by Sahrawi activists and journalists under the Moroccan occupation and the expectation after the opening of air borders in the United States.
Almost three months after the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan suffers the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. 22.8 million people, about half the population, have faced acute food insecurity since the beginning of November, according to the World Food Program. The UN humanitarian agency that fights hunger warns that 3.2 million Afghan children are threatened by severe malnutrition.
And as winter approaches, humanitarian needs increase within the country, where temperatures can drop to 25 degrees below zero. Learn more about this situation with the report by Solène Chalvon-Fioriti, Shahzaib Wahlah and Sonia Ghezali.
The French interior minister called it ” a European model ”, referring to the camp for asylum seekers on the island of Samos in Greece, which offers better living and security conditions to those trying to seek new possibilities in Europe. This center opened its doors just as Greece was faced with the possibility of a new wave of migration as a result of the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan. A report by Natalie Savvaricas and Alexia Kefalas.
For decades, reporters have been the target of authoritarian governments and armed groups, but attacks against journalists have increased in recent years. According to the NGO Reporters Without Borders, 35 press workers have been killed in 2021 and 348 are currently imprisoned worldwide. Kethevane Gorjestani, Fanny Allard and Matthieu Mabin make an analysis of this situation.
In the region of Occidental Sahara, activists and journalists under Moroccan occupation systematically suffer mistreatment, surveillance, arrests, torture and disappearances for the fact of being Sahrawis and defending their rights. However, since the ceasefire broke on November 13, 2020, the situation has worsened. Ethel Bonet and Diego Ibarra met some of these victims.
After 20 months, USA finally it opened its air borders to European countries. The travel restrictions, initiated by Donald Trump and extended by Joe Biden, prohibited foreign travelers from more than 30 countries, including the Schengen area, as well as the United Kingdom or China, from flying to the North American nation.
A vaccination test and a negative Covid-19 test will be required from now on. A relief for those who have been separated from loved ones since March 2020. Our team in Washington met a French expat about to reunite with his family.
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