Global Issues
News headlines for “Immigration”, page 75
Libya detention centres remain places of violations and abuse: experts
- UN News
Many of Libya’s migrant detention centres remain places of terrible and systematic abuse, that may amount to crimes against humanity, top rights investigators said on Monday.
Should NATO Enter the Russian-Ukrainian Fray?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 28 (IPS) - It is hard to describe the excruciatingly painful destruction Putin is inflicting on Ukraine. However, whereas NATO should provide Ukraine with active defensive military equipment, it should not directly join the war which could ignite a major European if not world war.
‘Sharp rise’ in Nicaraguans fleeing to Costa Rica, strains asylum system
- UN News
Around three per cent of Costa Rica’s population is now made up of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
UN alarm over mounting Ukraine casualties, amid desperate scenes in Mariupol
- UN News
Ongoing violence in Ukraine has left millions of people “in constant fear” of indiscriminate shelling, the UN warned on Friday, as efforts continued to reach the country’s most vulnerable populations, one month on from the Russian invasion.
Syrian constitutional reform body seeking breakthrough, Security Council hears
- UN News
The committee tasked with drafting a new Syrian constitution - and thereby setting the country on a fresh trajectory to peace and stability - resumed its difficult and halting deliberations this week, against the backdrop of fresh urgency as the conflict marked its eleventh anniversary this month.
One month of war leaves more than half of Ukraine’s children displaced
- UN News
A month since Russia invaded Ukraine, 4.3 million children – more than half of the country’s estimated 7.5 million child population – have been displaced, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
Mozambique: Thousands continue to flee violence in Cabo Delgado
- UN News
One year after brutal attacks by suspected Al Shabab militants began in northern Mozambique, thousands continue to flee ongoing violence in Cabo Delgado province, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
First Person: Witnessing the pain of Ukraine refugees wrenched apart
- UN News
The UN has helped tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees to cross into Poland and other neighbouring countries. Chris Melzer, spokesperson for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in Germany, told UN News that he has witnessed many traumatic scenes, of families ripped apart by the crisis.
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.
Pandemic Pushes SDGs Further out of Reach of Asia and the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 17 (IPS) - 2022 marks the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, and while an end to the pandemic is in sight, it is far from over and the consequences will be felt for decades to come. At the same time, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is becoming increasingly distant. The region must use the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a roadmap to a fairer recovery.
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