The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child considers Spain responsible for violating the rights of a migrant minor who was forced to undress and undergo invasive medical examinations to determine her age.
Italy failed to protect the right to life of over 200 migrants, including 60 children, who were aboard a boat that sank in the Mediterranean in 2013, according to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
The United Nations refugee agency has warned that the idea of asylum is under attack in Europe, with refugee pushbacks at external borders increasingly common.
According to the latest UN migration report, the growth of global numbers of migrants in 2020 was "slowed by about 27% or two million migrants due to COVID-19."
The rights of a 10-year-old boy were denied when the Netherlands failed to acknowledge that he was stateless and eligible for international protection, a UN committee has found. It is the first such decision on the right of children to acquire nationality.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, speaking on the 70th anniversary of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, said the organization is "not in the mood to celebrate," and recalled that the number of refugees, asylum seekers and displaced people in the world continues to grow.
A new report by the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) reveals that migrants earn up to 42% less than national workers in high-income countries, with women worse off than men. The COVID-19 pandemic will likely exacerbate the pay gap.
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has asked the UN in Libya to adopt concrete measures to end impunity in the country, and bring to justice those who have committed serious crimes and crimes against humanity.
A 15-year-old asylum seeker was killed during an attack on a Tripoli shelter earlier this week. Now, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya has asked local authorities to investigate the killing and prosecute the perpetrators.
The UN special rapporteur on trafficking, Siobhán Mullally, told the UN General Assembly that the second wave of COVID-19 had increased exploitation risks for women, children, migrants, and other vulnerable people.
Four women have been recognized by the UN refugee agency UNHCR for their grassroots efforts to help refugees and displaced people in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. For the first time ever, the regional Nansen winners were all women this year.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon says it provided "immediate assistance" on Monday to 37 people on a boat presumably in distress. One of the passengers had already died.