A UN expert has voiced concern about lack of human rights accountability in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, pointing to the actions of “an occupying power seemingly bent on further territorial annexation”.
The High Commissioner says she is deeply shocked that children are forced to sleep on the floor in overcrowded facilities, without access to adequate healthcare or food, and with poor sanitation conditions.
Any proposal for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the just and durable settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has to be firmly anchored in human rights and international law, a UN has expert said.
A decree in effect since 15 June allows the interior minister to deny entry to Italian territorial waters on public order grounds. Ships who disobey the order face fines up to 50,000 euros and seizure of the ship in case of repeated offence.
Mosques, churches and Christian groups are working together to sponsor a Syrian refugee family who arrive to start their new life in the UK today. (26 June 2019)
The World Council of Churches is among 25 signatories to a statement released by the UN Refugee Agency entitled Faith Actors call for Global Solidarity
UN human rights experts have urged Australia to immediately provide appropriate health care to more than 800 asylum seekers and other migrants who have been held in the country’s offshore facilities for the past five years without durable solutions.
A mental health charity has warned that Serco’s plan to evict 300 asylum seekers will exacerbate trauma and anxiety disorders among one of Scotland’s most vulnerable communities.
The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed the UK’s pledge to resettle significant numbers of the world’s refugees after its Syria focused programme expires next year.