Estimates indicate that between 1 million and 1.25 million White Europeans were captured and enslaved by the Barbary Pirates, with some sources suggesting up to 1.5 million over the period from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Read further...

Housing charity Shelter estimates 354,000 people will spend the 2024 festive season homeless in England, a number that has surged by 14% in the last year alone. At least 354,000 people, including 161,500 children, will be homeless across England this Christmas, according to new estimates from Shelter, as homelessness has surged in 2024.