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UNHCR, IOM and partners launch new plan to respond to Europe’s refugee and migrant situation

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Young refugee girls sit on the steps of an informal recreational space at a camp in Lagkadikia, northern Greece where more than...

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Workers' rights: "Labour laws need updating to cover new forms of employment"

Workers' rights are increasingly coming under pressure due to developments such as global competition and the digital revolution. The European Commission is working on plans to improve the situation. On 19 January MEPs adopted a report stating that...

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EU and UNICEF inaugurate Gaza’s largest seawater desalination plant

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On 23 August 2014 children queue to fill jerrycans and other containers with water, at a filling station in...

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Children’s needs central to response as Gambia uncertainty continues

As the Gambia faces an uncertain political transition, the situation raises concerns for the nearly 26,000 people – half of them children – who have left the country to neighbouring Senegal. The threat of unrest has also left thousands of children in...

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