Global Issues
News headlines for “Immigration”, page 83
Global displacement rising despite lockdowns that kept billions grounded
- UN News
There was a dramatic increase in internal displacement due to disasters, conflict and violence in 2020, but global mobility overall, ground to a halt due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
IOM scales up aid at EU-Belarus border, as migrant hypothermia deaths tick up
- UN News
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners, are scaling up aid along the border between the European Union and Belarus, amid worsening winter weather, which is leading to rising deaths due to hypothermia among asylum seekers stranded there.
UN Refugee Agency concerned about indigenous Venezuelans in Guyana
- UN News
One meal a day, no shelter, and no drinking water are only some of the difficult living conditions that indigenous Warao families from Venezuela are facing in remote locations across Guyana, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned.
Violence against refugee women surged in 2020, but grassroots solutions can help tackle scourge
- UN News
One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation continues to worsen globally, the UN refugee agency, (UNHCR), said on Thursday.
Drowning of 27 migrants in English Channel is worst disaster on record: IOM
- UN News
Urgent action is needed to avoid a repeat of tragedies like this week’s drowning of at least 27 people in the English Channel, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
Wave
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov 24 (IPS) - Rising sea levels, extreme climate conditions such as severe storms faced by Bangladesh, one of the primary victims of anthropogenic climate change, the country is set to be the worst sufferer from climate change by 2025, far worse than any other country.
Poverty and violence push 378,000 Central Americans north each year
- UN News
For the past five years, poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence have pushed, on average, some 378,000 Central Americans a year into the United States, according to a new report launched on Tuesday by the UN food relief agency.
Children Address Unequal Access to Education During Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Nov 18 (IPS) - In the whirl of effort nations are making to combat COVID-19, the powerful role that children and young people can play in overcoming the harmful effects of school closures is too easily overlooked.
Push for Civil Registration Set to Hit Key Milestone in Asian and Pacific Countries
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 16 (IPS) - Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible achievement and a significant milestone in realizing human rights and equality. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, many weaknesses remain in official recording systems, creating gaps in knowledge about the population and affecting how authorities respond to crises and reach those in greatest need.
Belarus-Poland crisis: Human rights of trapped migrants ‘paramount’
- UN News
Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, the UN rights office and UN refugee agency on Friday urged all parties to respect human rights and refrain from using them for political ends.
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