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Under the EU relocation programme, asylum seekers are relocated from Greece to European Union and Associated States.

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News in Brief 13 January 2023

13 January 2023

Greece urged to halt trial against human rights defenders who helped migrants
WHO updates COVID isolation guidance
Indonesia: President’s apology for past rights violations welcomed: OHCHR

An unusually early and exceptionally intense heatwave has set new temperature records in Europe, posing a major threat to people's health, agriculture and the environment.

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News in Brief 12 January 2023

12 January 2023

2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: WMO
Uzbekistan: WHO warns over poisoning risk from contaminated medicines
‘Soaring needs’ in Central African Republic: OCHA

Uganda declares end of Ebola disease outbreak.

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News in Brief 11 January 2023

11 January 2023

Uganda declares end of Ebola virus outbreak
UN emergency relief fund disburses $6 million for Cameroon’s most vulnerable
US border enforcement actions pose risk to fundamental rights, warns UN’s Türk

A three-year-old child at home in Lyon, France, during a COVID-19 lockdown.

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News in Brief 10 January 2023

10 January 2023

COVID-19: China surge not a cause for concern for Europe ‘at this time’ says WHO
Tragedy of child mortality can be fixed with better healthcare access: UN
Iran: UN rights chief Türk warns against further ‘State-sanctioned killing’ of protesters

The National Congress of Brazil, in Brasilia.

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News in Brief 9 January 2023

9 January 2023

UN chief ‘shocked’ by attack on Brazil’s Congress
Guterres urges radical global finance shake-up to help Pakistan after deadly floods
1.5 million vulnerable Pakistan children suffering from acute malnutrition: UNICEF

Rohingya refugee Hasina Begum and fellow community outreach volunteers attend a meeting with UNHCR staff about gender-based violence in Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

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News in Brief 6 January 2023

6 January 2023

Belarus: Trial of Nobel winner Ales Bialiatski ‘politically motivated’
New US border measures ‘not in line with international standards’: UNHCR
Myanmar amnesty still leaves thousands in detention, OHCHR warns

Familes displaced by floods in Pakistan join a malnutrition prevention programme.

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News in Brief 5 January 2023

5 January 2023

Pakistan floods: 9 million more, risk being pushed into poverty
Warm start to 2023 breaks records across Europe: WMO
UN peacekeepers launch joint mission with DRC troops in North Kivu

For Ukrainian farmers, the war has meant virtual inability to export their produce, with the grim prospect of their harvest spoiling in sheds.

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News in Brief 4 January 2023

4 January 2023

Ukraine: FAO and EU in $15.5 million bid to tackle food insecurity
Reach into your hearts and release all prisoners arbitrarily detained: UN rights chief
Syria, Palestine, DPRK on UN Security Council’s new year agenda

UN aid trucks arrive in the Syrian town of Madaya, which has been slowly starving since October 2015.

Photo: OCHA/G. Seifo

News in Brief 3 January 2023

3 January 2023

COVID-19: coronavirus experts to meet at WHO and discuss China infections
UN humanitarians urge extension of Syria cross-border aid access
Guterres ‘deeply saddened’ over South Africa fuel tanker tragedy

UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

News in Brief 30 December 2022

30 December 2022

UN chief calls for ‘maximum restraint’ in Bolivia
UN Rights chief appeals to save Myanmar refugees
Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign

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