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UNHCR chief condemns ‘discrimination, violence and racism’ against some fleeing Ukraine
- UN News
The head of UN refugee agency UNHCR, spoke out on Monday against the “ugly reality” that some refugees fleeing across the Ukraine border, and Third Country Nationals, have been subjected to racism and discrimination.
UN says at least 70 migrants dead or missing off Libyan coast
- UN News
Over the past two weeks, at least 70 migrants have gone missing at sea and are presumed dead off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency said on Thursday.
World must deliver support to Afghans: UN refugee chief
- UN News
UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi called on Thursday for sustained international support for Afghanistan’s people, where the country’s humanitarian crisis is worsening.
UK border reform bill treats vulnerable newcomers like criminals: Bachelet
- UN News
The UN’s top rights official urged the United Kingdom on Friday to reconsider proposed changes to its border policy, warning that suggested reforms would criminalize vulnerable people for entering the country irregularly.
Syria: Children ‘live in fear of violence’, scarred by 11 years of war
- UN News
Nearly five million children born in Syria since March 2011 have known nothing but conflict. After 11 years of war, the crisis continues to leave them struggling with physical and psychological scars, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
UN refugee chief praises European response to Ukraine exodus
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has praised European countries welcoming people fleeing the war in Ukraine, whose numbers now surpass two million.
Protect unaccompanied children fleeing Ukraine: UN agency chiefs
- UN News
Unaccompanied and separated children fleeing the conflict in Ukraine must be protected, two senior UN officials said in a joint statement on Monday.
‘Senseless war’ forces one million to flee Ukraine: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- UN News
The “senseless war” in Ukraine has forced one million people to flee the country in just seven days, while countless others have been displaced within its borders, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday.
Ukraine crisis: UN agencies support rising tide of refugees
- UN News
The number of people fleeing the Russian onslaught in Ukraine surpassed 874,000 as of Wednesday morning New York time, data from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has revealed.
Nearly half a million have fled Ukraine, UN refugee agency reports
- UN News
Fighting in Ukraine has so far pushed roughly a half million people across the country's borders, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Monday.
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