Global IssuesNews headlines for “Racism”, page 37
Avoid starvation: ‘Immediate priority’ for 3.5 million Afghans
- UN News
Amidst “truly unprecedented levels” of hunger in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday that as winter arrives, avoiding widespread starvation “is an immediate priority”.
UNHCR chief calls for mechanism to deal with ‘unprecedented’ displacement in Mexico and Central America
- UN News
Lack of opportunities, gangs, organized crime, the ravages of the pandemic and climate change, have triggered the displacement of nearly one million people in Mexico and Central America in recent years.
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.
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.
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.
Violence, insecurity and climate change drive 84 million people from their homes
- UN News
As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced now exceeds 84 million globally, according to new data released on Thursday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
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