10 000 ICELANDERS OFFER TO HOUSE SYRIAN REFUGEES AFTER AUTHOR'S CALL

I'm a teacher and would teach the child to speak, read and write Icelandic and adjust to Icelandic society... READ MORE›

OPINION THE REFUGEE CRISIS ISNT A EUROPEAN PROBLEM

Countries will set their own targets, but for the United States and Canada, for example, a minimum of 25,000 Syrian refugees is a good place to start... READ MORE›

AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST

The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›

GERMAN VILLAGE OF 102 BRACES FOR 750 ASYLUM SEEKERS

Mr. Fabel, the mayor, insisted that Sumte, despite its unease, was open-minded and hospitable, and was now focused on making the refugee holding camp work... READ MORE›

HOW MANY ASYLUM SEEKERS SNEAK INTO CANADA? NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE

Under the Safe Third Country Agreement, Canada generally does not accept refugee claimants coming in via the U.S., but there are exceptions... READ MORE›

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY

MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›

SWITZERLAND JOINS DENMARK IN SEIZING ASSETS FROM REFUGEES TO COVER COSTS

Information sheet given to Syrian refugee shows seizure of assets over a limit of 1,000 Swiss francs, says Swiss news programme... READ MORE›

AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›

ALONG THE MIGRANT TRAIL, PRESSURE GROWS TO CLOSE EUROPES OPEN BORDERS

Refugees huddle around campfires while they wait to cross the border with Austria in Sentilj, Slovenia, on Oct... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'

An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›

HOUSE PASSES BILL TO BLOCK SYRIAN REFUGEES, REQUIRE MORE VETTING

WASHINGTON -- The House passed a bill Thursday to halt the admission of Syrian refugees into the U.S... READ MORE›

60 MILLION PEOPLE FLEEING CHAOTIC LANDS UN SAYS

Nearly 14 million people were newly displaced in 2014 according to the annual report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees... READ MORE›

A REFUGEE BOY HAS BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED AND KILLED IN GERMANY

The children live with their family at an asylum-seekers' shelter in nearby Vossberg village and are waiting for local authorities to process their asylum applications... READ MORE›

On a recent afternoon at a police station here, dozens of Syrian refugees amassed outside the registration bureau for foreigners, waiting to collect their new cards... READ MORE›

'WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO IMPORT MORE REFUGEES FROM NAURU TO CAMBODIA'

We don't have any plans to import more refugees from Nauru to Cambodia Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told the Cambodia Daily... READ MORE›

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH

Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›

GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS

In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›

THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES IS THE CRISIS OF OUR TIMES

Since 2014 alone, Migrant Offshore Aid Station has pulled 12,000 refugees to safety from rickety boats in the Mediterranean Sea... READ MORE›

NUMBER OF SYRIAN REFUGEES CLIMBS TO MORE THAN 4 MILLION

This is the biggest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation Antonio Guterres the United Nations high commissioner for refugees said in a statement... READ MORE›

FEARS OF STATELESS KIDS AND 'EXTRAORDINARY' POWERS FOR DUTTON PROMPT NEW CITIZENSHIP CONCERNS

According to the government, more than 30,000 illegal maritime arrivals came to Australia by boat in the years leading up to 2013, and many remain in the community... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS

We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›

BEHIND SWEDENS WARM WELCOME FOR REFUGEES, A BACKLASH IS BREWING

Behind sweden's warm welcome for refugees a backlash is brewing... READ MORE›

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX

As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›

WEST TO ACCEPT MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES

Syrian war western countries to accept more refugees... READ MORE›

GERMANY IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS ON SYRIAN REFUGEES IN SURPRISE U-TURN

Refugee crisis Germany imposes restrictions on Syrian refugees in surprise U-turn... READ MORE›

REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA

To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›

GERMANY INVESTIGATES SUSPECTED TERRORISTS POSING AS MIGRANTS

Migrants pose a domestic security threat as thousands continue to enter germany says the german police chief... READ MORE›

UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS

The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›

70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE

70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... READ MORE›