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UNICEF hails new Italian law to protect unaccompanied refugee and migrant children as model for Europe

UNICEF welcomes the Italian Parliament for passing an historic law to boost support and protection for the record number of foreign unaccompanied and separated children who arrived in Italy – nearly 26,000 in 2016. With nearly 2,000 foreign children...

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News comment by Volker Türk, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, on new Mediterranean shipwreck

A pile of life vests used by refugees and migrants while crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey lie discarded on a beach in the...

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Continuing access restrictions by the de facto authorities in Gaza add to humanitarian concerns, 29 March 2017

In the aftermath of the killing of a Hamas member on 24 March in Gaza City by unknown assailants, the Palestinian de facto authorities in Gaza are imposing new access restrictions, citing security reasons, which are negatively impacting already...

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WFP Working With Government And Partners To Launch Five-Year Strategic Plan In China

The UN World Food Programme (WFP), working in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture in People’s Republic of China and other partners, are embarking upon a five-year Strategic Plan in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2, a...

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