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Volker Türk, UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection and H.E. Ambassador Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the UN and Mr Beto Ferreira Martins Vasconcelos, National Secretary of Justice, President of the Brazilian National Committee for Refugees at the signing of the special visa programme for people affected by the Syria crisis.

The EU must do more to spur stability and security in Libya, MEPs said on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they demanded a full and independent investigation into the airstrikes against the hospital in Kunduz, called for more EU diplomatic efforts to end the Syrian conflict and warned against compromising human rights in cooperating with Turkey over the refugee crisis.

Haqmal (centre), a six year-old returnee from Pakistan loves his new school, the Ansarul-Momineen School in Pajhman, Kabul District Afghanistan.

Internally displaced persons in Kunduz, Afghanistan, waiting for assistance from UN humanitarian agencies, UNHCR, WFP and UNICEF, on 31 May 2015.

The aftermath of a bombing attack in Iraq (file photo).

Haqmal (centre), a six year-old returnee from Pakistan loves his new school, the Ansarul-Momineen School in Pajhman, Kabul District Afghanistan.

Archaeological site of Palmyra in Syria.

Livelihood kits being delivered to hard-to-reach areas in South Sudan through FAO’s helicopter operation.

Aftermath of Boko Haram’s bombing of the Nyanya bus park in Abuja, Nigeria.

Street scene in the Old City of Jerusalem.