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Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change
- UN News
New UN-backed guidelines issued on Monday aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking the first-ever global effort to address this increasingly major concern.
WHO calls for action to provide migrant and refugee healthcare
- UN News
Millions of refugees and migrants face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, which could jeopardize reaching the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for these populations.
Voluntary repatriation of refugees from Angola to DR Congo resumes
- UN News
After a two-year hiatus, the voluntary repatriation of refugees from Angola to their homeland in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has begun again, after the programme was put on hold in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to long-term border closures.
Migrant deaths in Libyan desert ‘wake-up call’ for stronger protections
- UN News
The UN migration agency on Friday deplored the deaths of at least 20 migrants in the Libyan desert and renewed its call for stronger migrant protection along the Chad-Libya border.
UN rights office in probe call, after Morocco-Spain migrant deaths, Texas tragedy, show need for safer pathways
- UN News
The deaths of at least 23 migrants seeking to reach Spanish territory from Morocco should be investigated urgently by both countries, the UN rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, reacting also to reports overnight of of least 50 migrants found dead in a truck in southern Texas.
UN plan calls for real progress towards ending internal displacement crisis
- UN News
With record numbers of people uprooted within their homelands due to conflict, disasters, the climate emergency and other tragedies, more must be done to end this crisis, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, launching his Action Agenda on Internal Displacement.
Lebanon: $3.2 billion plan launched to support local families and refugees
- UN News
The Lebanese Government, the United Nations and partners on Monday announced a $3.2 billion appeal for the country to address ongoing impacts from the war in neighbouring Syria and the current economic crisis.
UN food agency announces further refugee ration cuts, in quest for #ZeroHunger
- UN News
The UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Monday that it will have no choice but to make further food ration cuts soon for refugees.
Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm
- UN News
Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, the UN food relief agency warned on Monday, World Refugee Day.
Guterres visits refugees resettled in NYC, urges world to ‘stand together in solidarity’
- UN News
Ahead of World Refugee Day, marked annually on 20 June, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday visited refugees from Iraq and Afghanistan now living, working and adding to the vibrancy of New York City.
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