The increasing criminalization of human rights groups in Greece, especially those defending migrants and refugees, has been highlighted by a UN official. Migrants too are at growing risk of facing criminal charges.
The UN Committee on Migrant Workers has praised Morocco's open migration policy. But it has also urged the country to bring its migration laws into line with international human rights standards.
Rwanda expects the first group of about 50 asylum seekers to arrive from the United Kingdom by the end of May. The plan to 'offshore' asylum to the East African nation has attracted widespread criticism, forcing Britain to defend its decision before the UN.
UNHCR has launched a music campaign on social media giant TikTok to promote solidarity with refugees. The initiative is aimed at raising funds and drawing attention to the tens of millions of displaced people around the world.
A UN fact finding mission has been investigating reports of mass migrant graves in Libya, as part of a general mission to establish the circumstances of the human rights situation in Libya and to document alleged violations.
UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet has praised the solidarity shown to refugees from Ukraine. But she also criticized that other migrants and refugees often face pushbacks and criminalization at the EU's borders and beyond.
The Italian branch of UNICEF has announced that a watchdog body will soon be set up to prevent health-related harm resulting from child labor. About 28,000 children are believed to be working in the country, half of them are unaccompanied migrant minors.
UN peacekeepers in Cyprus have said that three-year-old twins lost in the buffer zone dividing the Mediterranean island are safe. Over the past few years, thousands of migrants and refugees have crossed the buffer zone into Cyprus from the Turkish-administered northern part of the island.
An Iranian woman, now living in Germany, has taken a claim of torture, abuse and pushbacks against Greece to the UN Human Rights Committee.
Three children have died and two others are in life-threatening condition after a wave of storms and freezing temperatures hit northwest Syria, according to UN officials and aid workers. Tens of thousands of displaced people are living in makeshift shelters in the area.
The detainees are being held in 27 prisons and detention centers across the country, according to a new UN report. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says thousands more are being detained unofficially.
The United Nations says it needs more than $5 billion to aid people inside and refugees outside Afghanistan. It says the "essential stopgap" will help shore up essential services and none of it will go to the Taliban.