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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

February 21: International Mother Language Day

1944 February 23: Aardakh a.k.a. Operation Lentil: Soviet expulsion of Vainakh (Chechen and Ingush) to Central Asia

1944 March 8: Mass deportation of the Balkars by Stalin’s Soviet Union

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Almost 100 Jewish graves desecrated hours before French march against ‘unprecedented’ anti-Semitism surge

Mauritania: a 360° view from the Mbera refugee camp

United Nations says Mauritania urgently needs funds to deal with ongoing refugee crisis

Underpaid and abused, Guinea-Bissau’s domestic workers seek protection

‘Man returns to his native Xinjiang and disappears’ — a story too common for the headlines

Stranded Saudi sisters fear for their safety in Hong Kong, as clock ticks on hopes for asylum

Minorities quit Bank of England as it fails on diversity

Tajik Opposition Figure Arrested After Return From Self-Imposed Exile

In Poland, the homeless and Chechen refugees form unlikely bond

Plucky Jim Ratcliffe, the grammar school billionaire who went to Monaco

Hundreds of Thousands of Rohingya Refugees at Risk From Looming Cyclones

Rohingya: killings should remind all nations of their responsibility to protect victims of mass atrocity crimes

58,000 new expats entered the workforce in Kuwait

A Tibetan-Canadian student was attacked online after winning student council elections. She thinks Beijing is to blame.

Fifty Syrian Refugees to Settle in Northwest Iceland

Sweden fails to cut number of ‘vulnerable EU migrants’

Third migrant dies in US Border Patrol custody in as many months

New migrant caravan forms as Mexican cities that border US keep swelling with asylum seekers

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