Global IssuesNews headlines for “Racism”, page 22
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
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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.
$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.
Invest more in Africa’s Sahel, or risk decades of armed conflict and displacement
- UN News
Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement, exacerbated by rising temperatures, scarcity of resources and food insecurity, the UN has warned in a report published on Wednesday.
Displaced families face winter hardships, UN refugee agency warns
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Millions of people displaced by conflict or persecution from Ukraine, Afghanistan and across the Middle East could face a perilous winter as freezing temperatures add to the misery already that they are already suffering from spiralling prices, the lingering impact of COVID-19 and extreme weather linked to the climate crisis, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
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