Migrants and Refugees

Migrants boarding the bus headed towards the processing center in Amman, Jordan.
IOM/Muse Mohammed (file)

UN urges international cooperation to make migration safer in a world on the move

18 December 2017
Global

On International Migrants Day, the United Nations is appealing for cooperation in managing migration to ensure that its benefits are most widely distributed, and that human rights of all concerned are protected – as recognized by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Thousands of new Rohingya refugee arrivals cross the border near Anzuman Para village, Palong Khali, Bangladesh.
UNHCR/Roger Arnold

New compact to improve refugee response ‘a chance to chart a different course’ – UN agency chief

12 December 2017
Global

The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday kicked off in Geneva a dialogue on protection challenges with a stark warning: the tragedy of forced displacement has deepened – one year after the world pledged to improve its response to refugee situations.