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Dramatic increase of unaccompanied children seeking to enter the United States

“UNICEF welcomes the urgent relief efforts by the Government of the United States to address a record increase in the number of unaccompanied children, mostly from Central America, seeking to enter the US.

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Relief funds nearly exhausted for crisis in Central African Republic – UN agencies

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Malnutrition and diseases have plagued women and children who have trekked for months to escape...

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Report: 500,000 Flee Islamist-Seized Iraqi City

The International Organization for Migration says fears of further violence in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul caused 500,000 people to flee their homes as Islamist fighters took control of the city.

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Rights Groups Slam Thai Junta for 'Arbitrary Arrests'

A wave of apparently arbitrary detentions by Thailand's military leaders following last month's coup is drawing the ire of top human rights groups.

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