Torpekai Amarkhel was fleeing the Taliban when she died alongside her husband and two children in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy last month. A third child is still missing.
As the death toll from the Syrian and Turkish earthquake keeps climbing, millions of people in Idlib province in northwestern Syria are in desperate need. The UN, and individuals, are doing what they can to help.
For her 'open door' refugee policy in 2015, the former German chancellor will be awarded the Felix Houphouet-Boigny UNESCO Peace Prize in Ivory Coast.
The UN Security Council resolution which authorizes humanitarian aid for north-west Syria via Turkey will expire in a few days: should it not be renewed there will be "catastrophic" consequences for 4.1 million persons, is the warning issued by several humanitarian agencies to the UN in a joint press release.
The bodies of 27 people believed to be migrants who had died of thirst have been found in the Chadian desert. The UN migration agency has called for greater efforts to protect migrants in remote regions.
Politically divided Libya has reportedly sent more than 200 irregular migrants back across its land borders with Egypt, Sudan and Chad. A recent UN report suggests that migrants in Libya are often "compelled to accept 'assisted return' to their home countries," possibly in inhumane conditions.
More rejected asylum seekers were sent back to flood-ridden Pakistan this week as German groups claimed that many migrants are unlawfully detained pending deportation.
United Nations experts say that people of African descent face 'systemic racism' in Switzerland by law enforcement and the judicial system.
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to continue authorizing the inspection of vessels coming from Libya suspected of taking part in migrant smuggling or human trafficking.
The UN is considering a new, international organization to help look for over 100,000 Syrians still missing in that country's civil war. How likely is it, this helps families finally reunite with their lost loved ones?
The new guidelines assert that countries must allow people fleeing Somalia to seek safety, and that their refugee claims be assessed according to international law. People found to be fleeing violence, human rights abuses and persecution would need to meet the criteria for refugee status under the 1951 Refugee Convention, or meet local guidelines or those of the UNHCR's broader mandate.
According to a report by two UN agencies, the number of people in forced labor or marriages increased by 10 million between 2016 and 2021. Climate change and the coronavirus pandemic are contributing factors.