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The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed Brazil's decision to recognize thousands of Venezuelans as refugees.
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UN agency hails Brazil ‘milestone’ decision over Venezuelan refugees

6 December 2019
Migrants and Refugees

Brazil’s move to recognize thousands of refugees from crisis-wracked Venezuela through a new accelerated procedure, has been welcomed by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. 

Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fourth session.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Brazilian President speaks out against ‘media lies’ surrounding Amazon fires

24 September 2019
Peace and Security

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke out against what he characterized as “media lies” about the Amazon and  alleged manipulation of the indigenous people who live there.

The head of the United Nations refugee agency, Filippo Grandi, meets Venezuelan refugee children during his visit to Brazil.
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UN refugee chief impressed with Brazil’s ‘exemplary’ response to plight of fleeing Venezuelans

19 August 2019
Migrants and Refugees

While praising the “efficient, coordinated, humane and innovative response” by Brazil on behalf of fleeing Venezuelans, the UN refugee chief has said that the sheer number of those on the run is proving to be a major challenge, calling for greater international support.

Wajãpi people, in Amapá, Brazil
Rede de Cooperação Amazônica (RCA)

Murder of Brazilian indigenous leader a ‘worrying symptom’ of land invasion

29 July 2019
Human Rights

In the wake of the murder of indigenous leader Emrya Wajãpi in Brazil, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has called on the country’s authorities to “react quickly and decisively” to protect the rights of indigenous peoples on their lands.

Afghanistan’s education system has been devastated by more than three decades of sustained conflict. For many of the country’s children, completing primary school remains a distant dream. Here, 10-year-old Fatima is on the board to solve a math question, at the ALC in Baghe Mellat, Herat.
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News in Brief 24 May 2019

24 May 2019
News in Brief
  • $7 million funding appeal to help most vulnerable children in Afghanistan
  • UN health agency applauds Brazilian compensation bid from tobacco giants
  • Myanmar refugees face even greater water shortages in Bangladesh camps
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Bike ride in Damascus, Syria (2015).
Photo courtesy of 'Come On, Let’s Bike'

Tuesday’s Daily Brief: hate speech, dementia, Libya and Yemen, human rights in Brazil and Lebanon

14 May 2019
Peace and Security

This Tuesday, we cover: the UN chief in New Zealand’s Christchurch calls for end to hate speech; how a healthy lifestyle can prevent dementia; updates on fighting in Libya and Yemen; the human rights of detainees in Lebanon and people affected by leprosy in Brazil.

Area hit by the rupture of the dam in Brumadinho, Brazil.
Presidência da República do Brasil/Divulgação

News in Brief 30 January 2019

30 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Probe call for Brazil dam collapse
  • ‘World’s deadliest sea crossing’ claimed six lives a day in 2018: UN refugee agency
  • 30 dead and 100 migrants missing in Djibouti boat tragedy
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Pataxó Indigenous people live in the village of Naõ Xohã, on the banks of the Paraopeba river damaged by the collapse of a mining dam in Brumadinho, Brazil.
Lucas Hallel ASCOM/FUNAI

Guterres says UN stands ready to support Brazil’s search and rescue effort in wake of tragic dam collapse

26 January 2019
Humanitarian Aid

Secretary-General António Guterres said on Saturday that the United Nations stands ready to support the Brazilian authorities in the search and emergency relief efforts following the deadly dam collapse and mudslides in vast South American country’s south-eastern region.