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Most are immediately detained and given a court hearing resulting in an expulsion order. Their future from that point becomes a lot more uncertain: <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102077/Cross-at-your-peril-tough-justice-for-refugees-in-Hungary"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012221010im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201510071501530232t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102068/Hospitals-and-war-crimes-a-patchy-record"><h3> Hospitals and war crimes: a patchy record</h3></a> LONDON, 7 October 2015 (IRIN Global) - MSF says the bombing of their hospital in Kunduz by a US warplane was a war crime. The four separate enquiries that have been launched into the incident, which killed 22 people, should show whether the medical charity is right. But precedent suggests that whatever their findings, criminal prosecutions are unlikely. <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102068/Hospitals-and-war-crimes-a-patchy-record"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012221010im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201510051657110786t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102058/Bitcoin-for-good-From-the-dark-web-to-the-light"><h3> Bitcoin for good? - From the dark web to the light</h3></a> LONDON, 5 October 2015 (IRIN Global) - It’s the dark web’s currency of choice: for drugs, blackmail and worse. Its exchange rate has been wildly volatile. Why then are aid agencies, child rights advocates and land activists getting their heads around Bitcoin? <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102058/Bitcoin-for-good-From-the-dark-web-to-the-light"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012221010im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201503262019390973t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102055/Bomb-it-fix-it-Saudi-aid-to-Yemen"><h3> Bomb it, fix it: Saudi aid to Yemen</h3></a> GENEVA, 2 October 2015 (IRIN Global) - Saudi Arabia's aid to Yemen looks like an enormously charitable humanitarian gesture in the account books, but it takes on a starkly different perspective when global politics are brought into consideration. <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102055/Bomb-it-fix-it-Saudi-aid-to-Yemen"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012221010im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201509281400030070t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102056/IRIN-s-Top-Picks-Homophobia-in-Kenya-helping-refugees-and-humanitarian-hotlines"><h3> IRIN's Top Picks: Homophobia in Kenya, helping refugees and humanitarian hotlines</h3></a> LONDON, 2 October 2015 (IRIN Global) - Welcome to IRIN's reading list. Every week our global network of specialist correspondents share their top picks of recent must-read research, podcasts, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises. We also highlight key upcoming conferences, book releases and policy debates. <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102056/IRIN-s-Top-Picks-Homophobia-in-Kenya-helping-refugees-and-humanitarian-hotlines"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012221010im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201509301452360733t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102051/The-road-to-redemption-Unmaking-Nigeria-s-Boko-Haram"><h3> The road to redemption? Unmaking Nigeria's Boko Haram</h3></a> ABUJA, 1 October 2015 (IRIN Global) - Is Nigeria attempting the impossible in trying to de-radicalise Boko Haram militants? IRIN speaks to the prisoners, their victims, and the de-rad “treatment teams” trying to reintegrate them into society. We explore what drove the men to join an insurgency that is tearing the region apart and ask whether such a programme can work. <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102051/The-road-to-redemption-Unmaking-Nigeria-s-Boko-Haram"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012221010im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201509301250390136t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102046/The-humanitarian-caste-system"><h3> The humanitarian caste system?</h3></a> LESVOS, 30 September 2015 (IRIN Global) - Syrians are everyone’s new favourite refugees. But the growing perception that they receive preferential treatment from governments, volunteers and aid agencies is undermining humanitarian principles and causing serious problems for responders in Lesvos and beyond. <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102046/The-humanitarian-caste-system"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012221010im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201506291227560882t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102042/Aid-freeze-promises-hard-winter-in-Ukraine"><h3> Aid freeze promises hard winter in Ukraine</h3></a> BUDAPEST, 29 September 2015 (IRIN Global) - At the end of May, we reported on the desperate situation facing civilians in eastern Ukraine, trapped near the frontline in rebel-held parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions with little or no access to basic services. Four months later, winter is approaching and another lifeline has just been taken away. <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102042/Aid-freeze-promises-hard-winter-in-Ukraine"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012221010im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201509281252430322t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012221010/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/102035/Bad-time-to-change-UN-refugee-supremo"><h3> Bad time to change UN refugee supremo?</h3></a> OXFORD, 28 September 2015 (IRIN Global) - Around the world, more people are being driven from their homes by wars and persecution than ever before. 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