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Pope Francis addresses Judges' summit on human trafficking and organized crime
06/03/2016. The Holy Father asked them "to fulfill their vocation and their crucial mission without which there is neither order nor sustainable and integral development, nor social peace".
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Migrant Arrivals to Europe Top 210,000 in 2016
06/14/16. In other words, fatalities on the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 stand at 1,020 ahead of last year’s mid-year total.
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Global forced displacement hits record high
06/20/2016. UNHCR Global Trends report finds 65.3 million people, or one person in 113, were displaced from their homes by conflict and persecution in 2015.
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NGO: how to stop people smugglers’ murderous trade
05/26/2016. The Italian Council for Refugees says the people smugglers who cram hundreds of migrants onto rickety boats that are obviously unseaworthy are akin to “mass murderers.”
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A record number of internally displaced
05/11/2007. Conflict, violence and disasters internally displaced 27.8 million people in 2015, subjecting a record number of men, women and children to the trauma and upheaval of being forcibly displaced within their own country.
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Iraq : Malteser International provides aid to displaced
30/03/2016. Fears that thousands more will flee as the battle continues
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U.N. releases new report on its work in Lebanon
27/04/2016. U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Philippe Lazzarini chaired the briefing at the UNESCO office in Bir Hasan.
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conference : "Refugees, a challenge for Europe"
"I never forget that we are talking about men, women and children" Pascal Brice, the Director General of OFPRA
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Conference on Migrants and Cities
10/27/2015. The Conference on Migrants and Cities was held in Geneva on 26 and 27 October 2015
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Portugal does not mind receiving refugees
04/01/2016. Faced with the desertion of rural areas and a declining population, the Portuguese Government puts in place the structures to accommodate 10,000 Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans
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