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UK steps up support to end modern slavery and child exploitation globally

To mark the national day against slavery on October 18, UK International Development Secretary Priti Patel outlined an increase in support for women and girl refugees in Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon, and for vulnerable people at risk of trafficking on...

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Nigeria: bittersweet news as 21 kidnapped Chibok girls are released

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António Guterres appointed next UN Secretary-General by acclamation

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Secretary-General-designate, António Guterres, addresses the General Assembly on the occasion of his...

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Statement on Calais camp attributed to UNICEF special coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant crisis in Europe Marie-Pierre Poirier

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The dismantling of the Southern part of the "jungle" of Calais in March 2016.

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