migrants

Annan urges governments not to use immigrants as political scapegoats

22 November 2002
Immigrants and refugees should not - and must not - be seen as a burden, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in The Hague upon the launch of a document containing 21 principles for more humane government policies to deal with migrants.

Top UN rights official calls on European countries to portray migrants fairly

21 June 2002
The top United Nations human rights official today called on European countries, meeting in Spain to discuss illegal immigration issues, to guarantee that asylum seekers and other migrants were portrayed fairly and without stereotypes.