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Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to escape fighting that erupted in mid-April, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have been displaced inside the country, says UN refugee agency spokesperson Olga Sarrado. SOUNDBITE
Migrants entering the US without documents as pandemic-era controls lift Thursday face long-term bans and possible prosecution, a top official warns. "Our borders are not open," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says, hours before the United States implements a tough new immigration policy. SOUNDBITE
Heavy fighting in Sudan has led to 700,000 people being internally displaced since the middle of April, the United Nations says, adding the figure had doubled in a week. "There are now more than 700,000 internally displaced by the fighting which began on April 15," Paul Dillon, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration says. IMAGES
The fighting in Sudan has caused more than 100,000 people to cross the border, UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado says. UNHCR, the United Nations' refugee agency, is estimating that more than 800,000 people could potentially flee to neighbouring countries as the conflict between Sudan's regular army and paramilitaries continues. SOUNDBITE
More than 1,000 European Union citizens were evacuated from conflict-hit Sudan over the weekend, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says. "It has been a complex operation and it has been a successful operation," Borrell tells journalists. SOUNDBITE
At the National Federation of Farmers' Unions (FNSEA) congress, French Communist presidential candidate Fabien Roussel says he wants 500,000 farmers by 2030, i.e. 20,000 to 25,000 installations per year, "to meet the food challenge as well as the agro-ecological challenge". IMAGES
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