News headlines for “Racism”, page 5

  1. UN agencies call on Pakistan to protect Afghan refugees

    - UN News

    Following Pakistan’s announcement to repatriate Afghan nationals, the UN’s refugee and migration agencies together appealed to Islamabad on Saturday to continue protecting those who sought safety in the country and could be “at imminent risk if forced to return”.

  2. We’re better off thanks to migrants, says new IOM chief

    - UN News

    With people on the move globally at “unprecedented” levels, the UN’s new migration agency chief insisted on Monday that rather than being a problem, host countries should recognize that migrants are what their economies most need to thrive.

  3. Regional action essential to address migrant surge through Central America

    - UN News

    With record numbers of people transiting through Central America and Mexico in search of a better life further north, UN migration agency IOM on Wednesday appealed for regional action to address their immediate needs while tackling the drivers of migration.

  4. UNHCR increasingly concerned for refugees fleeing Karabakh region

    - UN News

    The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concerns on Tuesday over the movement of a large number of civilians to Armenia as a result of the recent hostilities in the region.

  5. US-Mexico border, ‘world’s deadliest’ overland migration route: IOM

    - UN News

    The United States-Mexico border is the world’s deadliest land route for migrants, with at least 686 deaths and disappearances last year, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday.

  6. UNHCR: more than 7 million refugee children out of school

    - UN News

    More than seven million refugee children are out of school globally according to UN data – that’s more than half the world’s population of displaced, school-aged children.

  7. Unprecedented child migration crisis across Latin America and Caribbean

    - UN News

    Record numbers of children are on the move through Latin America and the Caribbean, facing perilous journeys marked by violence, exploitation and abuse, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday.

  8. ‘Hope Away from Home’: UNHCR launches new global campaign

    - UN News

    The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday launched a new global campaign to rally support and firm commitments from nations to protect the rights of people fleeing conflict, violence and persecution.

  9. How girls are moving the goalpost in Iraq

    - UN News

    Over two billion people around the world watched the Women’s World Cup Final in August, and tucked away on the left coast of the Tigris River in Mosul, Iraq, a group of teenage girls and their families scoured the internet to find streaming sites to catch the game. The screening was fuzzy, but the vision was clear: one day, the Mosul Girls Football Club could also be on this field.

  10. African children bearing the brunt of climate change impacts

    - UN News

    Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being woefully deprived of the financing necessary to help them adapt, survive and respond to the crisis, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on Friday.

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