UNHCR Launches an Alert: 1 Out of 97 People Worldwide Are Refugees

Rifugiati, l’UNHCR lancia l’allarme: una persona su 97 nel mondo è in fuga

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As Monsoon Season Comes, Will the U.N. Be On Time for the Rohingya?

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have been fleeing Myanmar (Burma) for Bangladesh because of the nations' military campaign of violence against them. Yet precarious safety is seeming temporary due to potential dangers from the incoming monsoon season.

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Grandi Welcomes Deal to End Latest Migrant Stand-off in Mediterranean Sea

byUn News Centre

UN Refugee Agency warns that a “ship-by-ship” arrangement it's not sustainable.

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Guterres Calls for “Solidarity, Compassion and Action” on World Refugee Day

byAntonio Guterres

With more than 68 million people worldwide displaced due to conflict or persecution — roughly equivalent to the population of Thailand— the head of the United Nations has called for unity and solidarity as a first step to support them.

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Brother Biagio Conte, the Last Angel in the Heart of the Mediterranean

byGiacomo Palermo

At age 26, Brother Biagio Conte left his life and a wealthy entrepreneurial future to devote himself entirely to the poor, the last ones that contemporary society abandoned to their fate. He risked his life several times. He supported thousands...

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Obama at the UN: Global Refugee Crisis ‘Most Urgent Test of our Time’

byMadeleine Kuhns

At the High-Level Leaders’ Summit on Refugees on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, United States President Barack Obama urged leaders to focus their collective attention on helping the world’s 21.3 million refugees (65 million people are displaced...

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United Nations Gears Up for Landmark Refugee Summit

byJoanna Wagner

As the final draft of a preparatory report is circulated, Karen AbuZayd, Special Adviser on the UN Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, hails it as progress, saying "both refugees and migrants will benefit if all of...

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AVSI and the Epidemic of Out-Of-School Syrians in Lebanon

byTeddy Ostrow

La Voce sat down with Rana Najib and Maria Laura Conte from AVSI to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon, where of the 1.1 million refugees, more than half of the 500,000 that are children don't go to school....

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UNHCR: 1.19 Million in Need of Resettlement in 2017

byTeddy Ostrow

The UNHCR projects that in 2017 Syrians will account for 40% of resettlement. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said, “We are seeing resettlement taken to a new level and that enhanced resettlement can be an effective means of sharing...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits refugees at the Centre Tenda Di Abramo in Rome, Italy, on 17 October 2015. (UN Photo: Rick Bajornas)

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Migrations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tells the story of a young refugee: himself

byMina Jameson

During his recent visit to Rome the Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-moon gets personal telling the story of his own experience as a refugee during the Korean conflict and urging Western countries to see the potential in the...