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Joint Statement On Mediterranean Crossings

Joint Statement On Mediterranean Crossings

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for International Migration and Development, Peter Sutherland Director-General of the...

Joint IDMC-UNHCR Press Release

Joint IDMC-UNHCR Press Release

A record 38 million internally displaced worldwide as 30,000 people fled their homes each day in 2014 A record-breaking 38 million people have been displaced within their own country by conflict or violence. This is the equivalent of the total populations of London,...

Wars in Syria and Iraq drive highest asylum numbers in 22 years

The wars in Syria and Iraq, as well as armed conflicts, human rights violations and deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in other countries, pushed the number of asylum applications in industrialized countries to a 22-year high last year, according to a...