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South Sudan: ‘Raw violence’ displaces thousands during ‘ruthless conflict’, UNHCR says
- UN News
Throughout South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile Region “desperation is rising” as escalating armed conflict, which has displaced at least 20,000 people since August, have forced some to run for their lives up to four times, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday.
Record support brings ‘hope for a brighter future’ for forcibly displaced: UNHCR
- UN News
Governments around the world pledged $1.13 billion on Tuesday to provide a lifeline to people displaced by war, violence and human rights violations, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
Drought, conflict force 80,000 Somalis to shelter in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps
- UN News
Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya’s Dadaab camps, forced from their homes by extremist violence in neighbouring Somalia and an “unrelenting” drought, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
Dramatic increase in Andaman Sea crossings, warns UN refugee agency
- UN News
UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday, issued an alert over the dramatic increase in the number of people attempting to cross the Andaman Sea, from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Illegal Immigration: A Mounting Global Crisis
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Dec 01 (IPS) - Illegal immigration has evolved into a mounting crisis for a growing number of countries worldwide and governments appear to be at a loss on how to deal with the crisis.
$1.72 billion plan launched to support Venezuelans on the move in Latin America and the Caribbean
- UN News
Two UN agencies launched on Thursday, a $1.72 billion regional plan to support Venezuelan refugees and migrants throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
More than 50,000 migrants 'die in search of a better life'
- UN News
After risking their lives on dangerous journeys, more than 50,000 migrants are known to have died worldwide since 2014, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Wednesday.
Netflix biodrama draws attention to real-life refugee-turned-Olympian
- UN News
When the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, screened a film about the inspiring true story of two sisters who swam for their lives to escape war-torn Syria, one UN official hailed it as “a testament to the strength, courage, and perseverance” of the more than one hundred million people forcibly displaced s around the world.
Myanmar crisis: Rights expert urges Korea to play ‘enhanced leadership role’
- UN News
Concluding a six-day official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK), a UN-appointed independent human rights expert urged the country to help reverse the international community’s failure to address the crisis in Myanmar by taking the regional lead in ending violence against civilians there.
UNHCR calls for ban on forced returns of asylum seekers to eastern DR Congo
- UN News
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reiterated its call for a ban on forced returns to eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected.
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