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Enough of knee-jerk reactions

In condemning the resolution initiated by Iceland on behalf of 28 members of the United Nations and approved by the UN Human Rights Council...

Starved, tortured, bombed: the fate of refugees trapped in Libya

By Lucie Peytermann Acute malnutrition, forced labor, torture: NGOs have sharpened their tone against the shocking conditions endured by refugees and migrants in Libya, where...

UN: Record 70.8-million people were displaced at the end of 2018

Geneva"•More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and...

Refugees face eviction in Greece as many more wait for homes

Athens"•Abdullah Ahmadi, an Afghan living with his wife and five children in an apartment in the Athens suburbs allocated by the UN refugee agency,...

Marawi residents to benefit from UNHCR, Smart service

Residents of Marawi City can now receive relevant information via text through a partnership of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and PLDT...

The UN, Brangelina and me

By Carole Landry UNITED NATIONS—US Ambassador Samantha Power calls it “diplomatic speed dating” but for journalists covering world leaders at the UN General Assembly meeting,...

UN agency lauds SC tack on foundlings

A top official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Philippines on Saturday lauded the recent landmark ruling of the Supreme...

‘Lumad divested’

A CATHOLIC bishop on Sunday issued a strongly worded apostolic message condemning the killings of lumad leaders in Surigao del Sur and demanding that...

UN urges action on lumad crisis

THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Saturday urged the Aquino administration to act on the worsening crisis faced by indigenous people in...
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