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Anti-Slavery International has worked for almost a decade on protecting children who are forced by their schoolmasters in their Koranic school to beg on the streets in Senegal, West Africa, making them vulnerable to abuse. But the issue is prevalent in adjoining countries too, where forced- begging is a common practice.

Representatives from across the North and South Pacific gathered on Monday to witness the launch of the first-ever Pacific Regional Food Security Atlas on the opening day of the Pacific Seed Forum in Nadi, Fiji.

Eight European Union countries will meet in Brussels Sunday to discuss Europe's largest migration crisis since World War II, a development that could affect the increasingly heated political disagreements among EU nations over the controversial issue.

British Prime Minister Theresa May told members of parliament Wednesday the United States' practice of housing children in cages is extremely troubling and inappropriate.

Following days of fierce global criticism, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end his policy of family separations along the U.S.-Mexico border.

On World Refugee Day (June 20), mayors from more than 50 cities around the world, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Los Angeles, Manchester, Mexico City, New York, São Paulo and Sydney, are calling for more local authorities and municipalities to join them in welcoming and including refugees in their communities.

Saudi-led coalition forces have seized Yemen's Hodeida airport from Iran-aligned Houthis, a big step toward recapturing the port city following a week of fighting that spilled into residential neighborhoods.

Women and children wait for aid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, where one million Rohingya refugees now live.

The United Nations defines refugees as people fleeing conflict or persecution. They are granted refugee status by the country they enter, which grants them protection under international law and makes them eligible for aid. People who are displaced from their homes but remain in their country are not considered refugees.