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“We have failed to anticipate the massive arrival of migrants, and now that we are overwhelmed by its consequences and implications, we are bargaining like carpet-sellers about quotas and figures. Colleagues, we are talking about human lives. Providing shelter and support to those who flee conflict and extreme poverty is not only our moral duty, it is also our international obligation,” she stressed in a debate on “The moral and economic imperative for fairer, smarter and more humane migration”, organised by the IPU Assembly in Geneva on 18 October.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts on October 16 completed a mission to review national nuclear security practices in Norway.

UK government will invest £5 million this year to build a national network of grassroots organisations to challenge all forms of extremist ideology, the Prime Minister announced on 18 October on the eve of the publication of the government’s new Counter-Extremism Strategy.

Martin Schulz with the heads of state at the European Council

Immigration and terrorism are EU citizens’ fastest-growing concerns, according to the latest Eurobarometer poll, commissioned by the European Parliament and published on Wednesday. An EU average of 66% of respondents said that more decisions on migration should be taken at EU level, rather than by national governments alone, but the survey found marked differences among countries on all the issues addressed.

Conference officers hold up empty ballot boxes for inspection prior to the vote to elect five non-permanent members of the Security Council.

A young girl from Afghanistan drawing during a class of art activities at the Elaionas temporary accommodation site.

A comprehensive long-term approach on migration and asylum policies, in cooperation with third countries, as well as immediate delivery on agreed urgent measures, must take centre stage at Thursday’s meeting of EU leaders, said MEPs in a debate with Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Luxembourg's presidency representative Nicolas Schmit on Wednesday.

Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson.

Camp near village of Baga Sola, on eastern shore of Lake Chad, for people displaced by Boko Haram activity and the Chadian army's policy of clearing the islands of Lake Chad pending military activity.