refugees and migrants

Candelario enjoys reading and having a good conversation. He likes to receive visitors at home and talk about politics and stories from the past.
UN Costa Rica/Danilo Mora

FROM THE FIELD: Sharing migration stories across generations in Central America

6 February 2021
Migrants and Refugees

Two migrants, one young and one old, have been sharing their experiences of migrating to a small town in Costa Rica in Central America.

Promised a job in a pharmacy, this 21-year-old migrant woman was tricked into prostitution after leaving Nigeria to pursue a better life.
© UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson

Greater equality a ‘prerequisite’ for overcoming global crises: Bachelet 

12 October 2020
Human Rights

In reviewing, assessing and acknowledging the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, enslavement and colonialism, the groundbreaking Durban World Conference of 2001, represented a “milestone” in the common fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the UN human rights chief said on Monday. 

A woman holds her child in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar.
UN Women/Allison Joyce

World expects unity ‘where humanity is most wounded and trampled’, Grandi tells Security Council

18 June 2020
Migrants and Refugees

With nearly 80 million people now living in forced exile, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, urged the Security Council on Thursday to overcome its differences and start resolving conflicts so that refugees and internally displaced persons can finally return home.

A blood glucose test is used to check for gestational diabetes, which may appear for the first time during pregnancy.
WHO/PAHO/Sebastián Oliel

Wednesday's Daily Brief: UN bid to aid diabetics, Israel-Gaza attacks, climate change in Nepal, Iraq envoy appeal to MPs

13 November 2019
Health

A recap of Wednesday’s stories in brief: UN leads plan for insulin supply boosts; ‘No justification’ for Gaza border violence; Iraqis paying ‘unthinkable price’ in protests; $1.35 billion needed for Venezuela crisis; Record flooding affects 100,000 Nigerians.

After being stranded in Yemen, a group of Ethiopian migrants return to Addis Ababa with the support of the International Organization for Migration. (July 2019)
IOM Bole Addis Ababa International Airport

UN agency helps stranded Ethiopians return home, ending ‘harrowing migration ordeal’

16 July 2019
Humanitarian Aid

With the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), some 280 Ethiopians returned home on 10-11 July, after being facing traumatic experiences in Yemen.  

Farhia Mousa sits with three of her six children, including Nacima, 10-days-old, Abdulahi, 4-years-old, and Nasterha, 2-years-old, in a camp for people displaced by conflict and drought in Dangaroyo, Somalia. (22 May 2019)
© UNICEF_Joe English

Don’t take African generosity towards refugees for granted, says UN refugee chief

24 June 2019
Migrants and Refugees

The international community must not take the generosity of Africans for granted, UN refugee chief, Filippo Grandi, told an informal meeting of Security Council members at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday.

An unaccompanied minor deported back to Guatemala by Mexican authorities, is led through Guatemalan immigration to be reunited with her family at La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, Guatemala on May 1, 2018.
UNICEF/Tanya Bindra

US and Mexico child deportations drive extreme violence and trauma: UNICEF

16 August 2018
Human Rights

The many life-threatening dangers faced by children from Central America who are being deported from the United States of America and Mexico, are highlighted in a new report from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, which also draws attention to the traumatic consequences of family separation by migration authorities.

Peter Sutherland, the Special Representative for International Migration (right), advises Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on issues relating to international migration and development.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

INTERVIEW: “Refugees are the responsibility of the world… Proximity doesn’t define responsibility.” – Peter Sutherland

2 October 2015
Migrants and Refugees

Peter Sutherland is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration. A strong advocate for the rights of migrants – and for action to increase the benefits of migration for countries of origin, destination, and migrants alike – he works to foster cooperation on issues such as protecting migrants affected by crises and ensuring their role in the development process. A former Attorney General of Ireland, Mr. Sutherland has served as EU Commissioner for competition policy, and headed the Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).