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Number of internally displaced breaks new record with no let-up in conflicts, disasters
- UN News
A record 83.4 million people have been forced from their homes around the world, fuelled by an increase in disasters and conflict, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday.
UN migration agency helping migrants in the US return home voluntarily
- UN News
The United States has asked the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist undocumented migrants who choose to return to their home countries.
Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemen’s Camps
- UN News
Every summer in Ma’rib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers a rare kind of hope. For hundreds of displaced youth living across more than a dozen sites, it’s a chance to unite, to belong, and to dream.
Costa Rica’s refugee lifeline at breaking point amid funding crisis
- UN News
Costa Rica’s long-standing commitment to protecting refugees is under threat as severe funding cuts cripple support for surging numbers of Nicaraguan asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday.
Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees
- UN News
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees – who cannot return home due to war or persecution – in increasing danger.
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans forced back into danger, says UNHCR
- UN News
Afghanistan’s escalating humanitarian crisis is being compounded by the mass return of its nationals from neighbouring countries, UN aid agencies warned on Tuesday.
From border control to belonging: How host communities gain from empowering refugees
- UN News
With humanitarian aid in decline, the international community must shift its focus from short-term relief efforts to inclusive policies that support both refugees and host communities.
UN warns of rising deportations of Haitian mothers and newborns from Dominican Republic
- UN News
The UN has raised concern over a growing number of vulnerable Haitians – particularly pregnant women, new mothers, and infants – being deported from the Dominican Republic.
Haiti crisis could impact regional and global stability
- UN News
The situation in Haiti represents “one of the most complex and urgent crises in the world with implications for reginal and global stability,” said Amy Pope, Director General of International Organisation for Migration (IOM), speaking to journalists in New York on Wednesday.
Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo
- UN News
Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
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