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Palestinian refugees face hitting ‘rock bottom’, warns UNRWA in $1.6 billion appeal
- UN News
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) appealed on Tuesday for $1.6 billion to fund core operations this year, as the people it helps face hitting “rock bottom”.
UN refugee chief praises Moldova for opening the country to Ukrainians fleeing war
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees congratulated Moldova on Saturday, for its decision to initiate temporary protection for refugees fleeing Ukraine.
Steep increase in deadly boat journeys reflects Rohingyas’ desperation: UNHCR
- UN News
The steep increase in the number of Rohingya refugees risking their lives to cross the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal last year is a reflection of their growing desperation, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
Greece in spotlight over trial of activists, volunteers who rescued migrants
- UN News
The Greek authorities faced an appeal on Friday from the UN human rights office, OHCHR, to dismiss the trial of two dozen aid workers who rescued migrants in distress at sea.
New US border policy poses risk to fundamental rights, warns UN’s Türk
- UN News
Recent Biden Administration border policy reforms “risk undermining the basic foundations of international human rights and refugee law”, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Wednesday.
New US border measures ‘not in line with international standards’, warns UNHCR
- UN News
Plans by the Biden administration to expand restrictions on people seeking refuge in the United States are “not in line with refugee law standards”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
UN rights chief on Myanmar refugees and a future of ‘kindness, empathy and unity’
- UN News
Days after the latest sea rescue of Rohingya refugees by Indonesian fishing crews, UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed on Friday for greater regional protections.
UN refugee agency welcomes Indonesia's ‘act of humanity’ in rescuing migrants adrift at sea
- UN News
Indonesian fishing crews and local authorities who took part in rescuing more than 200 people adrift at sea, were hailed on Tuesday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, for their “act of humanity”.
2022 Year in Review: 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’
- UN News
A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need in a myriad of ways, and push for more legal, and safe ways for people to migrate.
UN refugee agency urges rescue of 190 desperate people adrift in Andaman Sea
- UN News
Some 190 desperate people are on the verge of perishing at sea, adrift somewhere between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, urging countries in southern Asia to rescue them.
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