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    • Importance of Biodiversity
    • Causes of Biodiversity Loss
    • Deforestation
    • Climate Change and Biodiversity
    • Conservation of Biodiversity
    • Solutions to Biodiversity Loss
    • Sustainable Development Goals for Biodiversity
    • Biodiversity Access and Benefit-Sharing
    • Source material and useful links
  • Climate
    • Climate Justice in International Law
    • Climate Justice Finance
    • Climate Displacement
    • Climate Litigation
    • Source material and useful links
  • Conflict
  • Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal for Energy
    • Solutions to Energy Poverty
    • Finance for Energy For All
    • Coal and Hydro Dilemmas
    • Source material and useful links
  • Food
    • Right to Food
    • Sustainable Development Goal for Food
    • Causes of Food Insecurity
    • Governance of Food Security
    • Solutions to Food Insecurity
    • Source material and useful links
  • Goals
    • Resistance to Sustainable Development
    • From MDGs to SDGs
    • Finance for SDGs
    • Aid Statistics
    • Aid Politics
    • GDP and Green Economics
    • Source material and useful links
  • Governance
    • Globalisation
    • International Development Model
    • Tax Justice
    • Source material and useful links
  • Migration
    • Migrant Workers
    • Refugees
    • Rights of Refugees
    • Compacts for Refugees and Migration
    • Source Material and Useful Links
  • Population
    • World Population Projections
    • Demographic Transition
    • Demographic Dividend
    • Population Policies
    • Opposition to Family Planning
    • Overpopulation or Overconsumption?
    • Source material and useful links
  • Poverty
    • Global Poverty Statistics
    • National Poverty Line
    • International Poverty Line
    • Causes of Global Poverty
    • Should We Care About Poverty?
    • Sustainable Development Goal for Poverty
    • Global Poverty Solutions
    • Source material and useful links
  • Rights
    • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    • International Human Rights Law
    • Women’s Rights in International Law
    • Human Rights Law Enforcement
    • Rights-based Development
    • Source material and useful links
  • Water
    • Causes of Water Scarcity
    • Climate Change and Water Scarcity
    • Solutions to Water Scarcity
    • Sustainable Development Goal for Water
    • Water Wars
    • Source material and useful links

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for Tread Softly background briefings on Migration

Refugee Rights

UN Refugee Agency

Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2016

1951 Refugee Convention FAQ

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

The Jordan Compact: Lessons learnt– from Overseas Development Institute

The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework – from UNHCR

Global Compact for Migration – from International Organisation for Migration

Migrant Workers
World Migration Report 2018 from International Organization for Migration
International Organization for Migration
International Labour Organization
Remittances Gateway

Advocacy and Research

Norwegian Refugee Council

Refugees International

International Rescue Committee

European Council on Refugees and Exiles

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

more Migration briefings

  • Drivers of Migration
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  • Refugees
  • Rights of Refugees
  • Compacts for Refugees and Migration

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Recent news and opinion about Migration

Over 4 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants need support

12/9/2023: Vast numbers of migrants and refugees from Venezuela continue to face difficulties accessing food, shelter, health care, education and formal employment across Latin America and the Caribbean. Many are at risk of human trafficking, forced recruitment and gender-based violence.

Source: UN Refugee Agency


UK spending on refugees may no longer count as aid

26/7/2023: In 2022 the UK diverted 29% of its overseas development assistance budget to pay the hotel and other bills for asylum-seekers. Its new Illegal Migration Act - which threatens to detain and deport asylum-seekers - may put a stop to this accounting practice.

Source: Devex


Global refugee resettlement needs grow in 2024

26/6/2023: The UN Refugee Agency anticipates that over 2.4 million refugees will be in need of resettlement next year, a 20 per cent increase compared to 2023. In 2022, out of approximately 116,000 submissions, only 58,457 refugees were able to depart for resettlement.

Source: UN Refugee Agency


The EU must not be complicit in the loss of lives at sea

16/6/2023: After the latest tragedy close to the Greek coast, human rights organizations have called for an end to rights violations at Europe’s borders. Some EU states have drastically reduced search and rescue capacity at sea, limiting prospects of prompt and effective assistance for migrants in distress.

Source: Human Rights Watch


UN reports forced displacement of 110 million people in 2022

14/6/2023: According to the UN Refugee Agency's 2022 report, 35.3 million displaced individuals were categorized as refugees, having crossed international borders. A larger portion — 58% and representing 62.5 million people — were displaced within their own countries. The war in Ukraine caused the largest refugee outflow since World War II.

Source: DW


UN agency for Palestine refugees close to financial collapse

2/6/2023: Chronic underfunding over the past decade has put the lifesaving programmes of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees at risk. Nearly six million people in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, depend on its services.

Source: UN News


Sudan refugee response estimates need for $445 million

4/5/2023: In a preliminary projection for financial and operational planning, the UN Refugee Agency anticipates an outflow of 860,000 refugees and returnees from the conflict in Sudan. Egypt and South Sudan are expected to see the most arrivals.

Source: UN Refugee Agency


UN Refugee Agency appeals for aid for Afghan refugees

14/3/2023: The UN Refugee Agency has launched an appeal for $613 million to support over 5 million Afghans sheltering in five neighbouring countries.  An estimated 1.6 million have arrived in the region since 2021.

Source: UN Refugee Agency


UN Refugee Agency is profoundly concerned by UK Asylum Bill

7/3/2023: The new bill introduced by the UK Government would deny protection to many asylum-seekers in need of safety and protection, according to the UN Refugee Agency. This would be a clear breach of the Refugee Convention and would undermine a longstanding humanitarian tradition of which the British people are rightly proud.

Source: UN Refugee Agency


Germany mulls sending refugees to Africa

10/2/2023: The German government has installed a special representative to make deals with African and other countries to help with asylum procedures. The country needs more regular migration into its job market on the one hand, whilst wanting to reduce irregular migration significantly.

Source: DW


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