DOES AUSTRALIA RUN THE MOST GENEROUS REFUGEE PROGRAM PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD?

In addition to offshore resettlement, in 2016, 6,567 people arrived in Australia seeking asylum who were recognised as refugees... READ MORE›

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MEET THE TURKISH COUPLE WHO SPENT THEIR WEDDING DAY FEEDING 4,000 SYRIAN REFUGEES

We thought that on such a happy day we would share the wedding party with our Syrian brothers and sisters... 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›

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›

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›

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›

WORLD LEADERS ACCUSED OF SHAMEFUL FAILURE OVER REFUGEE CRISIS

Almost 4 million people displaced from Syria have registered with the UN high commissioner for refugees... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES

In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›

13 PHOTOS OF THE CHILDREN CAUGHT IN NO-MAN'S-LAND BETWEEN GREECE AND MACEDONIA

These men are heartless said one Syrian refugee on Macedonia's police Rose is an online news reporter for The Independent... READ MORE›

CHAMPIONING ENVIRONMENT FRANCIS TAKES AIM AT GLOBAL CAPITALISM

Francis' embrace of the issue of climate change, and his broader critique of global capitalism, stem from his signature economic concern eradicating poverty... 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›

HOW THE WORLD'S FORCIBLY DISPLACED REFUGEES ADD UP

This tiny orange dot tells you a lot about Australia's stance on refugees and asylum seekers... 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›

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›

BURKINIS BANNED ON FRANCE'S CANNES BEACHES BY MAYOR

Thierry Migoule, head of municipal services for the town, sought to clarify the ruling's intent... 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›

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›

AUSTRALIA PRESSED TO SAY IF SMUGGLERS WERE PAID

Migrants from the boat gave that account to workers for a United Nations refugee agency in Indonesia a United Nations official said Friday... 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›

SURRENDERING TO THE CAMERA, A FOUR-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN GIRL

Who described how he came to take it, at the Atmeh refugee camp in the Syrian province of Idlib near the Turkish border last December... READ MORE›

'THIS IS OUR LAST HOPE': SIX SYRIANS ON THE HARDEST PART OF THEIR JOURNEY TO EUROPE

This is our last hope six syrians on the hardest part of their journey to europe... 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›