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“In Limbo” – Poor identification of Missing Leaves Bereaved Families of Mediterranean Migrants
Berlin – A new briefing from IOMs Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) shows that thousands..
Awareness Campaign Seeks to Protect Venezuelan Migrants from Trafficking and Smuggling Networks
Bogotá – #TuVidaCambia (Your Life Changes) awareness raising campaign has been launched in Colombia ..
Deputy Humanitarian Chief concludes visit to countries affected by Cyclone Idai calling for support
(Lilongwe, 12 June 2019): At the end of a week-long mission to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi to se..
Sudan: UN human rights experts call for independent investigation into violations
GENEVA (12 June 2019) – UN experts said today they were seriously concerned that Sudan was sliding i..
Call for renewed global push to tackle child labour in agriculture
On World Day Against Child Labour, FAO urges greater attention to addressing child labour in local f..
UNICEF Myanmar Asks urgent protection of children in Rakhine as schools re-open soon
Between January and April 2019, two children were killed, and two others injured YANGON, 28 May 201..
UN chief calls for compliance with rules of war to protect civilians, deplores violations
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres remarks to the Security Council meeting on the p..
Oil slumps 5%, US crude at its cheapest since March
Reuters NEW YORK Oil prices plunged about 5% on Thursday, with U.S. crude at its lowest since March,..
Facebook culls another three billion fake profiles
Facebook has published its latest “enforcement report”, which details how many posts and accounts it..
Registration gives many Rohingya refugees identification for the first time
By Alex St-Denis in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh | 17 May 2019 Nasima Aktar is among hundreds of thousand..
Federal Government focuses on “integrated security”
Berlin (dpa) – The Federal Government is responding to the challenges of an increasingly unstable world order by means of a “policy...
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