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The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will assess progress towards a safe, voluntary and dignified return of Rohingyas during his visit to Bangladesh starting from July 1, said St‚phane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary-general. Around 700,000 Rohingyas...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that migration, which is currently posing serious challenges to political leaders around the world, was “inevitable”. The topic is being hotly debated across Europe and in the United States....

Dozens of women work busily, their hands forming balls of dough before stuffing them with date paste and molding them into small pillows, while the air around them burbles with the sound of their chatter and...

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and Brazil’s Federal Public Defender’s Office (DPU, in Portuguese) held a training of trainers on migration law for 31 DPU attorneys from ten Brazilian states. The training, which took place in...

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks on the first anniversary of the India‑United Nations Development Partnership Fund, in New York today: It is for me an enormous pleasure to join you to celebrate the first...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday condemned the alleged extra-judicial killings of suspected drug offenders in Bangladesh and urged the authorities to ensure that these serious human rights violations are...

Up to five trillion grocery bags are used each year and like most plastic garbage barely any is recycled, the UN said Tuesday as it warned the world was choking on trash. In a report for...

The UN Security Council is asking Myanmar’s government to cooperate with UN experts to investigate allegations of atrocities against the Rohingya, according to a letter seen by AFP on Tuesday. At least 700,000 Muslim Rohingya have...

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has launched a campaign to raise awareness and to prevent victimization through human trafficking in Hungary where thousands of people are trafficked for sexual and labour exploitation each year. Between 5,000...

Two Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers died and two others received injuries in a road accident that took place in Central African Republic on Saturday. The deceased are soldier Arjan Hawleder, 34, from E Bengal Faridpur and soldier...