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'I live in hope': A Channel drama survivor's search for missing dad

Osama Ahmed's life took a dramatic turn one night in October when the small boat that was to carry him and his father to the English coast sank shortly after setting out from France.The 20-year-old Syrian was rescued but when he woke up in hospital and asked about his dad nobody knew anything.Since that moment, Osama has been looking frantically for his father with whom he had hoped to start a new life in Britain.Beyond the tragically long list of deaths in the Channel of migrants trying to cross, another statistic is also growing fast: Missing people.
Source: Al Monitor
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'This is Auschwitz': Hundreds defy Amsterdam protest ban in solidarity with antisemitic attackers

On Sunday afternoon, the city of Amsterdam posted on X that protesters who defied the ban would be arrested. However, local participants felt otherwise entitled to exercise their right to protest.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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