The coronavirus pandemic threatens to disproportionately harm more than 70 million people who have been forcibly displaced by wars and violent crises.
WASHINGTON (AN) — The global coronavirus pandemic threatens to disproportionately harm more than 70 million people worldwide who have been forcibly displaced by wars and violent crises, Refugees International said on Monday.
Healthcare systems in even the most advanced countries are being overwhelmed by the pandemic, the global advocacy organization emphasized. Among the most vulnerable are refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people struggling to meet basic needs.
U.N. investigators found nine UNRWA staff members 'may have been involved' in Hamas' attacks on Israel last year.
Extreme forms of violence, human rights violations and exploitation afflict those fleeing for safety by land and sea.
The U.N. refugee agency’s report documents lives upended by persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations.
Migrants are sending home a record amount of money, boosting the economies of the countries they left behind.
The U.N. weather agency calls for urgent action to protect water supplies, the ‘canary in the coalmine of climate change.'
The U.N. high commissioner for refugees cites 'many instances of violations of international humanitarian law.'
The E.U.'s top court sided with a transgender man who sued Romania for refusing to accept his gender changes in the U.K.
The five-year partnership aims to help ski federations, venues and race organizers better manage natural and artificial snow.
