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Greece: Rights experts condemn ‘racist violence’ against asylum-seekers
- UN News
Greece must adopt “safe and impartial” border policies and practices and hold its law enforcement officers accountable for abuses, a group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said in a statement on Wednesday.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR
- UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling on the international community to renew its commitment to the nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have fled persecution in Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh.
20 Years Since the Canal Hotel Bombing: Protecting the People who Protect the World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (IPS) - This World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, we marked 20 years since 22 of our colleagues were killed and more than 100 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives outside the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, the United Nations headquarters in Iraq. This devastating blow to the UN sent shockwaves across the humanitarian community.
Moving From Trauma to Healing: Practicing Self-Care in Refugee Camps
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (IPS) - A Rohingya woman tells a forum of peer counselors the story of her divorce. A survivor of domestic abuse, she has started a new life alone with her daughter. She has weathered a storm of neighbors telling her she was the problem. Now, she provides the support she didn’t have to other women like her.
Reintegration Assistance for Migrants Going Home
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Aug 16 (IPS) - Reintegration assistance for migrants returning to their countries of origin is becoming increasingly salient. Germany and the EU cooperate closely with countries of origin to support local reintegration.
Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean
- UN News
Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens of lives in the Mediterranean.
UN refugee agency concerned about situation at Mexico-US border
- UN News
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, voiced concern on Tuesday over the situation in Mexico, where refugees and migrants aspiring to get to the United States find themselves in cramped shelters, exposed to multiple risks.
UNICEF laments deaths of pregnant mother and toddler in Mediterranean Sea shipwreck
- UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for safer legal paths to migration following the latest tragic attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.
UNRWA appeals for end to deadly clashes at Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon
- UN News
Thirteen people have been killed and more than 60 injured in four days of deadly violence at the largest Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon, a senior UN official in the country said on Thursday.
Record crossings of perilous Darién Gap underscores need for safe migration pathways
- UN News
Record numbers of migrants are crossing the Darién jungle in Latin America in a desperate and perilous journey, including from as far off as Nepal and Afghanistan, UN agencies said on Wednesday, highlighting the urgency of finding safe and regular pathways.
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