The UN Security Council did not issue a statement condemning the bombing in Libya after the US reportedly did not endorse it. Washington earlier criticized the attack as 'abhorrent', but did not call for a ceasefire.
With more than 70 million displaced people worldwide, working out how to provide them with shelter is a huge challenge. Designing a place that could become their home for decades is even harder, especially when there is little political will.
Vaccines save millions of lives, and yet misinformation and limited availability have left large numbers of children at risk. In Europe, migrants will continue to be more vulnerable than host populations unless they have access to immunization, experts say.
The global organization's comments come after the arrest of German captain Carola Rackete. The 31-year-old contravened Italian law when landing with 42 rescued passengers last week.
Only one percent of refugees worldwide have access to higher education; Heiko Maas calls the figure 'frighteningly low.' The UN's German-financed 'Einstein Initiative' aims to up the number by 2030, but much more must be done.
The United Nations has urged the Italian government to halt the approval of a new decree on security. UN human rights experts say it violates migrants' human rights. Under the decree, NGO-run ships would be fined for every person rescued at sea and taken to Italian territory.
UNICEF has voiced its concern about the over 1,000 minors among the 3,000 migrants held in Libyan detention centers in conflict zones. ''They have already suffered all types of torture and the worst is feared,'' said the Italian branch spokesman.
The UN refugee agency's Vincent Cochetel has said that the distribution of refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia needs to be improved - in order to prevent a "concentration of traumatized people in the same space."
Nearly three weeks since fighting began near the Libyan capital Tripoli, the United Nations warned that refugees and migrants remain exposed to clashes. According to the UN's refugee agency, some 3,600 of them are trapped in detention centers near the frontline.
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated two million dollars in emergency funding to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to civilians affected by the conflict in Libya.
Lebanon is continuing to send back small groups of refugees to Syria. In the past 24 hours, dozens of refugees who had fled the war in Syria have been returned from different parts of Lebanon.
Members of the ruling coalition in Germany are concerned that the upsurge in fighting in Libya could lead to more refugees making their way to Europe. They have urged Europe and the United Nations to de-escalate the conflict which has caused thousands of civilians to be displaced. The UN refugee agency on Tuesday began relocating vulnerable refugees from a detention center in the capital, Tripoli.