Monday, October 19, 2026 • America: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said today, Monday, that Sudanese and Ukrainians can retain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the time being, on the day the protection had been scheduled to expire, and that announcements regarding holders of the status will be announced in due course and that their immigration protection will remain in place, and the number of holders of this status from Sudan is estimated at about 6,800 people, while the organisation "Global Refuge" welcomed the reprieve and called for a formal written decision giving beneficiaries, their families and their employers certainty. (Source: Reuters) • Return: The International Organization for Migration recorded in the tenth update of the Displacement and Return Brief, issued on October 18, 5,273,334 returnees in nine states, 18% of them returned from abroad, compared with 8,585,611 internally displaced persons in all eighteen states, with the number of returnees increasing by 2% over the previous month, and about half of the returnees and displaced are children under the age of eighteen. (Source: International Organization for Migration via ReliefWeb) • Greece: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees expressed its deep sorrow for the loss of lives in two separate drowning incidents off the islands of Lesbos and Samos today, Monday, in which at least 12 people were killed, including an infant, noting that the two incidents occurred while the authorities were dealing with another incident off Crete in which dozens of people, most of them reportedly from Sudan, were found on a beach, with the search continuing for a missing person, and warning of the risks of dangerous sea journeys in the absence of safe and legal alternatives. (Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
— Editorial Team