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“Neither safe nor sound”: Sexual exploitation, trafficking and abuse engulfing the lives of children in the camps of Calais and Dunkirk

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A Taliban uncle threatened to use Sufyan, 15, in a suicide attack. He escaped to Europe and has been in Calais for 8 or 9 months, trying to cross into England.

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At Security Council, UN envoy warns LRA shifting focus to more high-profile targets in Central Africa

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A Congolese refugee at an emergency school in Obo, Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic, (CAR) after fleeing attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

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UNHCR High Profile Supporter Theo James visits Greece

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UNHCR High Profile Supporter Theo James meets refugees in Greece

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UN food relief agency to double aid to Niger’s conflict-torn Diffa region

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A child wanders in the refugee camp of Assaga, near Diffa, Niger. More than 135 displacement sites have been noted along the border with Nigeria, where there has been increased acts of violence conducted by Boko Haram.

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African youth to African leaders: “You must do more to end conflicts in Africa”

Results of pan-African poll released on the Day of the African Child

African leaders are not doing enough to stop conflicts in Africa, said two-thirds of the nearly 86,000 youth surveyed in a recent mobile-based poll conducted in nine African countries.

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“If you try to run, they shoot you; if you stop working they beat you. It was just like the slave trade.”

UNICEF reports on the dangers facing unaccompanied adolescent refugees and migrants fleeing to Europe

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Twins Aimamo and Ibrahim, 16, at a beach in Trabia, Italy, on May 14, 2016. They live at Rainbow, a center for unaccompanied boys.

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In Brussels, Ban urges joint efforts against terrorism and in addressing displacement

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, address the at a joint news conference.

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European Commission and World Bank Group to Accelerate Joint Action to Tackle Fragility, Conflict and Violence

The European Commission (EC) and the World Bank Group (WBG) on 14 June announced their commitment to strengthen joint action on sustaining peace and increase development impact in situations affected by fragility, conflict and violence.

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No EU visa-free travel for Turks, if rule of law is undermined, say MEPs

If Turkey goes on undermining rule of law principles and stripping Members of the Turkish Parliament of their immunities, then it should not expect to be granted an EU visa-free regime, said Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on Tuesday in a debate with Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chair of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). They also voiced solidarity with Mr Demirtaş’ efforts to revive the Kurdish peace process talks.

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In wake of deadly Orlando attack, UN officials urge stand against spread of hatred and violent extremism

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General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft.