migration

IOM Director General William Lacy Swing.
IOM

INTERVIEW: ‘It is important to let the positive side of migration be told’ – IOM Director-General

20 December 2016
Migrants and Refugees

Every day, for the past three years, just over a dozen migrants have died on average, or one person every two hours, according to William Lacy Swing, Director-General of the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM), in a message to mark the International Migrants Day, 18 December.

Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Ben Emmerson.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Perception that refugees are more prone to radicalization wrong and dangerous – UN rights expert

24 October 2016
Presenting his new report to the General Assembly, the United Nations expert on counter-terrorism and human rights has warned that migration policies which are restrictive or violate fundamental human rights may in fact create conditions conducive to terrorism.
The immigration detention centre in Makassar on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island is one of 13 across the country holding migrants and asylum-seekers, including women and children.
IRIN/Kristy Siegfried

Countries need to be reminded they are built on diversity, says UN Deputy Secretary-General

19 July 2016
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today called for an alternative narrative on migration, where human mobility is seen as a positive development and a driver for economic prosperity and social progress.
Joan Clos.
UN Photo/Zach Krahmer

Urbanization may be “greatest opportunity” to achieve sustainable development

18 May 2016
General News

The migration of people to cities across the world may provide the “greatest opportunity” to achieve sustainable development.

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Carlos Lopes. File
UNECA

“Green” industrialization a focus for African Development Week

31 March 2016
General News

Migration, climate change and what’s been called “green” industrialization are just some of the issues topping the agenda when African economic and finance ministers gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, beginning this Thursday.

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Protect the Goal campaign - UNAIDS

UN and Africa: focus on HIV/AIDS, African Development Week and Gabon economy

31 March 2016
UN and Africa

Mandela grandsons say HIV/AIDS can be defeated by 2030

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) with Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, during their joint press conference in Berlin.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Ban marks UN’s 20th year in Bonn, stresses need for ‘shared responsibility’ on migration

8 March 2016
Continuing his visit to Germany, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today celebrated the 20th anniversary of the United Nations offices in Bonn, praising the work of the Organization’s agencies based there, and discussed a range of issues with the country’s leaders, including the challenges associated with mass migration.
Actress Saoirse Ronan and UN Radio producer Matt Wells in the General Assembly ahead of her participation in a podcast recording.
UN Radio

PODCAST: UN Radio features Oscar-nominated film to explore refugees and migration

26 February 2016
The issue of refugees and migration has risen to the top of the international community’s agenda with the massive flow of people seeking safety and new lives in Europe of late.
Young men in Mogadishu, Somalia.
UN Photo/Stuart Price

Migration at the “heart” of relations between Africa and Europe

30 January 2016
General News

West African countries are being encouraged to transform their economies to prevent young people from abandoning their homelands for a better life abroad.

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