Migrants and Refugees

Seated on a rug atop the dirt ground, two girls complete homework outside their tent home, in the Kawergosk camp for Syrian refugees, west of Erbil, Iraq.
UNICEF/Romenzi

Bid to raise $5.5 billion for millions of Syrians and their host communities

11 December 2018
Middle East

Some 5.6 million Syrians need help outside the war-torn country and one million of them are children born in exile, UN agencies and partners said on Tuesday, in an appeal for $5.5 billion to cover humanitarian needs for 2019.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UN Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour, hold a stakeout after the opening of Global Compact for Migration Conference in Marrakech, Morocco. 10 December 2018.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Governments adopt UN global migration pact to help ‘prevent suffering and chaos’

10 December 2018

The Global Compact for Migration was adopted on Monday by leading representatives from 164 Governments at an international conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, in an historic move described by UN Chief António Guterres as the creation of a “roadmap to prevent suffering and chaos”.

The Moroccan and United Nations flags are raised to mark the opening of the Global Compact for Migration conference in Marrakesh, Morocco.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

In Marrakech, UN chief urges world leaders to ‘breathe life’ into historic global migration pact

9 December 2018

Leading Government representatives from more than 150 States have arrived in Marrakech, Morocco, with a view to adopting a ground-breaking UN-led global migration compact which is designed to make the growing phenomenon safer and more dignified for millions on the move.  

A scupltural figure representing a person on the move in the grounds of the Global Compact for Migration conference taking place in Marrakesh, Morocco. December 2018)
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Ahead of key UN-backed Marrakech migration conference, youth recount harrowing journeys

8 December 2018

Paving the way to the key UN migration conference in Marrakech, Morocco, which it is hoped will agree new measures to make life safer and more dignified for people on the move, UN agencies held a series of side events to highlight the different aspects of migration, paying special attention to the most vulnerable, and the challenges they face on their often perilous journeys.

Huriccane Tomas Floods Streets of Gonaives, Haiti
UNICEF/Marco Dormino

COP24 addresses climate change displacement ahead of crunch migration meeting

8 December 2018
Global

As hundreds of decision-makers are gathering in Marrakech to agree new standards for global migration, the United Nations climate change conference ‘COP24’ is looking at concrete ways to help countries tackle large-scale displacement caused by the impacts of climate change, including water scarcity, flooding, storms and rising sea levels. 

“Trocha” illegal river crossing. Colombia-Venezuela border near Cúcuta, Colombia, one of the main entry points for people crossing from Venezuela into Colombia. 20 September 2018.
WFP/Jonathan Dumont

A safer, more dignified journey for all migrants, tops agenda at global conference in Marrakech

7 December 2018
Global

Top politicians and officials from across the world will gather in Marrakech, Morocco this weekend, ahead of a major conference convened by the UN, to formally adopt an all-inclusive, extensive global agreement aimed at making migration safer, and more dignified for all.

Visa applicants at the Migration Resource Center in Nepal wishing go abroad.
ILO/Marcel Crozet

Millions more migrant workers, means countries lose ‘most productive part’ of workforce

5 December 2018
Global

A new study launched on Wednesday by the International Labour Organization (ILO) reveals that the number of migrant workers has jumped by millions, leaving some countries without “the most productive part of their workforce.”