Violence against women: More protection for refugees, Grandi
The UN refugee agency UNHCR has launched an appeal to ensure that refugees and displaced people are more protected against sexual and gender-based violence in the workplace.
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MSF, concern for people offloaded from Nivin
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has expressed concern in a statement over the condition of 81 migrants who were forced to get off the Nivin vessel. The organization said no official information has been provided on their wellbeing.
Over 2,500 evacuations from Libya in a year, UNHCR
The UN refugee agency UNHCR says it has evacuated from Libyan detention centers nearly 2,500 refugees and asylum seekers in a year. The organization asked the international community to offer more resettlement places for those who h1
In Pozzallo, 264 migrants who fled abuse and torture
A boat carrying 264 migrants arrived in Pozzallo, Sicily, on the weekend. The migrants had been rescued by a fishing boat that towed it to the port in the province of Ragusa. According to the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, there were 2331
8 migrants picked up in English Channel, increase in crossings
Eight migrants attempting to cross the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom in a rubber dinghy were picked up Sunday morning, French authorities said. The rescue is the latest in a series of such attempts to get to Brit1