Migrants and Refugees
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Refugee numbers drop for first time in a decade, but millions remain trapped
Global forced displacement has decreased for the first time in a decade, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Thursday,…
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World News in Brief: UN scales up Ebola response, refugees ‘exiled’ in Africa, Political tensions escalate in Somalia
The UN and its partners are continuing efforts to contain Ebola outbreaks in both the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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UN urges world not to forget Rohingya refugees as aid cuts threaten vital support
As the world approaches nine years since the mass displacement of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh, the UN refugee…
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World News in Brief: Lebanon violence continues, Israel ‘severs ties’ with UN chief, Internal displacement in Haiti, warning to France over prison overcrowding
The UN has expressed deep concern over escalating hostilities in Lebanon following intensified Israeli airstrikes in southern Beirut and across…
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From Kharkiv to the UK’s health service: Ukrainian doctor rebuilds her life – and helps others do the same
On 23 February 2022, in her home city of Kharkiv, Dr Inna Soldatenko finished work, collected her daughter from school,…
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Star-studded refugee football team takes the pitch for UN
A symbolic team of famous footballers with first hand experience of life as a refugee was announced on Tuesday by…
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