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Entrance gate of Camp Ashraf

Lt. General Babacar Gaye, head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria.

A Malta patrol boat carrying 76 African immigrants, fleeing Libya, arrive in Malta on June 1, 2011.

The Australian parliament’s swift approval of an “offshore processing” law marks a shift in refugee policy that appears arbitrary and discriminatory on its face.

WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin.

Humanitarian chief Valerie Amos talks to refugee children temporarily living in a school in Zahera, Damascus, Syria.

Beyoncé films Humanitarian Day video at the United Nations.

The Nepali government should revoke its new ban on women under the age of 30 from working in Arab Gulf countries and instead should improve protections so domestic workers can migrate safely – such as by ensuring full monitoring and accountability of recruitment agencies in Nepal.

The global campaign that aims to make social media history by attempting to reach one billion people on 19 August to celebrate World Humanitarian Day has passed its first milestone – the 100 million mark.