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Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, pictured in June 2020.
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News in Brief 27 August 2021

27 August 2021
News in Brief
  • Security Council condemns ‘deplorable terrorist attacks’ near Kabul airport  
  • WHO warns that medical supplies for Afghanistan are running low
  • More children than ever before live outside their country of birth as migrants or refugees – UNICEF report
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Dainius Pūras, Special Rapporteur on the right to health, pictured during the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council in June 2017.
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Negative treatment of migrants ‘detrimental’ to society at large: UN human rights expert

22 October 2018
Interviews

Mental health, “is not about how the brain works, it’s about relationships.” That’s one observation from UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, detailing the psychological effects of lacking family unity for children separated from their migrant parents.  Mr. Pūras spoke with UN News's Natalie Hutchison.

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Paul Dillon, spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at a press conference in the United Nations Office at Geneva, 26 July 2018.
UN News/Daniel Johnson

First Indonesian city signs landmark education deal for migrant children

8 August 2018
Interviews

Hundreds of migrant children are getting the chance to go to school in Indonesia’s third city as part of a groundbreaking deal with the UN Migration Agency, IOM announced on Wednesday.  UN News’s Michelle Kusuma spoke with IOM spokesperson Paul Dillon.

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