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Facts About World Refugee Day

The United Nations defines refugees as people fleeing conflict or persecution. They are granted refugee status by the country they enter, which grants them protection under international law and makes them eligible for aid. People who are displaced...

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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.

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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...

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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.

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