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3/2/2023: Pollsters at Gallup International have discovered that 36% of people around the world would prefer to live in another country. Poor urban populations in many parts of the world are desperate to leave for a better place.

Source: DW

World Cup final falls on International Migrants Day

16/12/2022: The 2022 World Cup is ending with no commitment from FIFA or Qatari authorities to remedy abuses, including unexplained deaths, that migrant workers suffered to make the tournament possible.

Source: Human Rights Watch

UN agencies appeal for $1.72 billion for Venezuelan exodus

1/12/2022: Nearly 6 million refugees and migrants from Venezuela are living in 17 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration are appealing for funds to support the efforts of host governments.

Source: UN Refugee Agency

New EU migration plan, same rights violations

1/12/2022: Human Rights Watch is critical of the European Commission’s new action plan on the Central Mediterranean. The plan doubles down on support for the Libyan Coast Guard and its interceptions of migrants at sea and their return to Libya where they face arbitrary detention and horrific abuses.

Source: Human Rights Watch

ASEAN ministers hold emergency Myanmar meeting

26/10/2022: As military atrocities continue in Myanmar, an estimated 70,000 refugees are seeking asylum throughout the region. Southeast Asian leaders should respond to evidence that their own governments are forcing refugees to return to Myanmar where their safety is at risk.

Source: Human Rights Watch

Rwanda will remain open to asylum seekers and refugees

14/9/2022: Rwanda’s High Commissioner to the UK argues that the country has a decades-long track record of hosting refugees and asylum seekers, in accordance with international law. It is ready to implement the controversial agreement for onward transfer of migrants from the UK.

Source: The East African

Five years and still no solutions for Rohingya refugees

23/8/2022: Almost one million stateless ethnic Rohingya remain in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, the world's largest refugee camp. Five years on from the exodus from Myanmar, the UN Refugee Agency is struggling to sustain international humanitarian support.

Source: UN News

The EU’s ‘racist’ refugee system, and how to fix it

26/7/2022: At around 3.7 million, the number of Ukrainians who have applied for protection in EU member states dwarfs the 1.3 million people who applied for asylum in the EU in 2015. Europe’s response in 2022, however, has been vastly different from that of 2015.

Source: The New Humanitarian

Victory for asylum seekers in US Supreme Court

6/7/2022: The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Joe Biden can end the Migrant Protection Protocols. These allowed US border officers to send non-Mexican asylum seekers to Mexico while their claims were adjudicated in US immigration courts.

Source: Human Rights Watch

Global refugee resettlement needs will rise steeply next year

21/6/2022: More than 2 million refugees will be in need of resettlement next year, according to the Needs Assessment for 2023 released by the UN Refugee Agency. As the figure for 2021 was only 39,266, the Agency is calling on states to significantly increase places made available.

Source: UN Refugee Agency

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