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Worldwide displacement tops 70 million
06/19/2019. This is the highest level that UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has seen in its almost 70 years.
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A ‘strong and united Europe’ has never been more needed, declares UN chief Guterres
05/30/2019. “This is the moment in which we need to restore trust. Trust between people and political establishments. Trust between people and the institutions. Trust between people and international organizations”
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Statement by Michel Veuthey
05/17/2019. Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2019)
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Bakhita centre for female victims of trafficking inaugurated in Lagos
04/02/2019. The “Bakhita Empowerment” centre is an initiative of the Order of Malta with the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Louis for protecting and rehabilitating young women victims of prostitution and human trafficking when they return to Nigeria.
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Rules in War – A Thing of the Past?
05/10/2019. Rapid changes in warfare pose stark, complex challenges for international humanitarian law (IHL).
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Crisis news in 60 seconds: April 2019
04/22/2019. This month, the International Rescue Committee’s crisis news roundup looks at Zimbabwe in the wake of the disastrous Cyclone Idai ...
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Tipping points 2019 | Lessons from fragility
04/10/2019. You can probably guess the country ranked “most fragile” on the 2019 Fragile States Index (FSI) produced by Fund for Peace, a Washington-based think tank.
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UN’s Grandi slams ‘toxic language of politics’ aimed at refugees, migrants
04/09/2019. Mr. Grandi said that the stigmatization of refugees and migrants is “unprecedented,” and that traditional responses to refugee crises appear increasingly inadequate.
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After Davos, let’s turn talk into action
01/29/2019. Combining humanitarian expertise, local know-how, and private sector acumen could help aid 800 million people around the world
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VOA Documentary: Displaced
11/15/2018. Behind the walls of the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh to hear their stories of murder and rape
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