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Hundreds of Thousands of Child Migrants Detained Across Globe, Reports Say

Some 50 million migrant children worldwide were living in other countries or were still living in their native countries after having been forcibly displaced from their homes in 2016, according to the United Nations Children's Fund.

United States must end practice of separating children from parents, says OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights and humanitarian committee Chair

Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, on June 19, criticized the U.S. government’s violation of human rights and humanitarian standards in its treatment of migrants – and especially...

UN: Record 68 Million People Worldwide Displaced in 2017

The United Nations refugee agency says a record 68.5 million people around the world were forced to flee their homes last year due to war, violence and persecution.

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi on World Refugee Day 2018

Today, World Refugee Day, is a time for solidarity with refugees – and with the communities that welcome them. As conflicts emerge, recur, persist and deepen, 68.5 million people are uprooted around the world. Nine out of 10 are in their own countries...