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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›
CANADA'S SYRIAN REFUGEE PLAN LIMITED TO WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has expressed concern over the federal government's plans to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by year's end... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE JIHADIS 'MAY BE POSING AS SYRIAN REFUGEES'
Asked if Isil could be sending militants under cover of being refugees Mr Saab said Yes they bring some people the smugglers... 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›
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›
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›
'IT'S A BIG STEP': SYRIAN REFUGEES HEADING TO CANADA ON GOVERNMENT PLANE FEEL EXCITEMENT, NERVES
And all of the refugees from both Jordan and Lebanon will fly from Amman, Jordan, to either Toronto or Montreal, he said... 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›
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›
GERMANY JUST MADE DAVID CAMERON'S REFUGEE ANNOUNCEMENT LOOK TERRIBLE
Online political reporter Germany has said it can take in at least half a million Syrian refugees every year... 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›
STARVING SYRIANS ARE DENIED AID AMID POLITICAL JOCKEYING
Critics say the United Nations, eager to keep the Syrian government on board for peace talks with opposition groups, is either selling out or getting played... 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›
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›
MIGRATION BRINGINGOUT EUROPES BESTAND WORST
As a result, some migrants who declined to apply for asylum in Germany have sought to pass through Denmark in hopes of pressing farther north to Sweden or Norway... READ MORE›
UK TO TAKE UP TO 20,000 SYRIAN REFUGEES OVER FIVE YEARS, DAVID CAMERON CONFIRMS
But Cameron insisted Britain would not be involved in any EU-wide refugee quota system or help with refugees already in Europe... 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›
SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS
In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE›