Migrants and Refugees

UNHCR/Roger Arnold

UN mobilizes in Rohingya camps to support babies born of rape; young mothers face stigma

19 June 2018
Asia Pacific

Despite challenges brought on by the arrival of the monsoon season this month, United Nations agencies in Bangladesh continue to support nearly one million Rohingya refugees, including thousands of victims of sexual violence.

UNICEF/Brian Sokol

FROM THE FIELD: Rohingya babies conceived out of 'incomprehensible brutality'

18 June 2018
Asia Pacific

A photojournalist has been talking of the “incomprehensible brutality” described to him by Rohingya refugees who are carrying babies after being raped.

IOM 2018/Ahmed Badr

FROM THE FIELD: Finding refuge in the ‘beautiful game’

13 June 2018

Teenage refugees from East Africa have discovered that participating in the ‘beautiful game’ as football is often referred to, can level the playing field and help them to integrate into new homes and new cultures.

Italian Coastguard/Massimo Sestini

At least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled in 2016, first UN global study shows

13 June 2018
Global

According to the first ever Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants, released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday, at least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled during the course of 2016.

IOM 2018

Rohingya refugee shelters ‘washed away’ in Bangladesh monsoon rains: UN agency

11 June 2018
Asia Pacific

Two days of heavy monsoon rains have caused severe structural damage to camps in Bangladesh hosting one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday

UNHCR/Caroline Gluck

UN agencies and Myanmar ink agreement, setting stage for Rohingya return

6 June 2018
Asia Pacific

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the understanding reached between UN agencies and Myanmar on creating conditions that would allow hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to voluntarily and safely return to their homes in the country’s Rakhine province.

Caroline Gluck/UNHCR

UN agencies and Myanmar lay groundwork for possible Rohingya return

1 June 2018
Asia Pacific

United Nations agencies and Myanmar have agreed a framework which it is hoped will lead to the repatriation of Rohingya refugees, but only if their “voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable” return from camps in Bangladesh can be guaranteed.

UNHCR/Iason Foounten

UNHCR raises alarm over deadly detention centre escape in Libya

1 June 2018
Africa

More than a dozen people have been killed or wounded by traffickers as they attempted to flee a detention centre in Libya last month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, describing it as the “latest horror story” to emerge from the war-torn country.

UNICEF/Brian Sokol

New project safeguards Rohingya refugees; boosts local farming – UN migration agency

22 May 2018
Asia Pacific

A major canal dredging project underway in Southern Bangladesh to protect Rohingya refugees from monsoon floods, will have the added benefit of boosting local agriculture, the United Nations migration agency said Tuesday.

UNICEF/Adriana Zehbrauskas

Armed gangs force 'growing number' to flee north and south, in Central America

22 May 2018
Americas

The number of people fleeing violence and persecution from States in Central America, including Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, has risen by nearly 60 per cent in the space of just a year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned.