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 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.  

An average of 1,650 refugees and migrants from Venezuela continue to arrive each day in Ecuador. (4 June 2019)
© UNHCR/Santiago Escobar-Jarami

Thursday’s Daily Brief: Albinism, displacement in Central America, family-friendly nations, updates on the Gulf and Darfur

13 June 2019
Human Rights

This Thursday, top stories includes: International Albinism Awareness Day; the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealing for regional talks on Central America forced displacement; updates on the latest attack on oil tankers in the Gulf and on recent clashes in Darfur; and a new report by UNICEF on the best and worst "family-friendly" nations.

Hanna Singer, UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, pays a visit to a church in Katuwapitiya, Negombo.
UN Sri Lanka

Asylum seekers in Sri Lanka fear for their safety, in wake of Easter Sunday terror attacks

31 May 2019
Peace and Security

Since the suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on April 21, there have been concerns for the safety of refugees and asylum seekers living in the country: in the immediate aftermath, there were reports of refugees being targeted and forced from their homes by angry mobs threatening reprisals for the Easter Sunday attacks which targeted Christian churches, as well as upscale hotels.

A family of Venezuelan children and their older Colombian-born relatives stand outside their wooden house in Barrio Camilo Daza in the city of Cúcuta, Colombia. Mother of four, Aide Caceres (far left) recently brought her children here because of the situation in Venezuela, but is unable to access health and education for them as they are undocumented Venezuelans.
© UNHCR/Paul Smith

UN sounds alarm as Venezuelan refugees and migrants passes three million mark

8 November 2018
Humanitarian Aid

The number of refugees and migrants who have left Venezuela worldwide has now reached three million, the two main United Nations agencies advocating for them announced on Thursday, flagging the need to increase support for the countries which are hosting large numbers of displaced Venezuelans.

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.