(VOVworld) – The civil war in Syria has caused the biggest migrant and humanitarian crisis of all time
(VOVworld) – More than one million migrants crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said Wednesday
(VOVworld) - Persecution, political conflict, and poverty have driven one million people to seek safety in Europe in 2015, according to estimates by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR and the International Organization...
(VOVworld) - Greece has seen a record 48,000 migrants and refugees land on its shores in the past five days, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday
(VOVworld) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says 700,000 asylum-seekers will reach Europe via the Mediterranean this year and approximately the same number will arrive in 2016
(VOVworld)- Vietnam, Kenya, Portugal, and Uruguay jointly held a seminar on “Investing in children and their families to avoid unnecessary separation” in Geneva, Switzerland
(VOVworld) – Illegal migrants fleeing across the Mediterranean to Europe might get stuck in limbo if European countries apply different policies, the United Nations warned amid EU squabbles over how to...
(VOVworld) – The UN Human Rights Council conducted its last discussions of its 28th session in Geneva this week. Participants adopted 34 important resolutions and decisions and 3 President’s statements
(VOVworld) - At least 29 illegal migrants died from hypothermia on Monday while traveling to Italy on a ship in the southernmost Italian island of Lampedusa, said Italian coast guard commander...
(VOVworld) - Donors have pledged an initial 500.8 million US dollars to fund operations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help 43 million forcibly...
(VOVworld) – Panel discussions on the teaching of history and memorialization processes took place on Wednesday as part of the ongoing 27th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)...
(VOVworld) - Fighting in southeast Ukraine has driven over half a million people from their homes, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday
(VOVworld)- The UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC) has approved Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights in the second cycle, acknowledging the country’s progress in protecting and...
(VOVworld) - The UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC) has approved Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on human rights in the second cycle, acknowledging the country’s progress in protecting...