From Bolivia to Berlin, Bosasso to Bangkok, tens of thousands of migrants today find themselves stranded in the midst of their migratory journeys as a result of COVID-19, often in precarious situations.
A group of Ethiopian migrants seek shelter beneath a tree while a friend checks the empty highway for a possible ride, dwarfed by the Guban (Burned) Plains near Berbera, Somalia. The men have walked hundreds of kilometres on their journey to the port city of Bossaso, where they hope to be smuggled into Yemen and ultimately, to the Gulf in search of work, unaware that they will instead join tens of thousands of other migrants worldwide stranded mid-journey. IOM Photo /Muse Mohammed
11 June 2020 (UNHCR)* – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is alarmed over escalating violence in the Sahel region which has seen hundreds of innocent civilians targeted in recent weeks, triggered more displacement and is seriously hindering humanitarian activities.| Español | Français | عربي
13 June 2020 (UN News)* — The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has expressed deep shock at the discovery of mass graves in Libya over recent days, in territory that was recently in the hands of the so-called opposition Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar.
The UN Support Mission in Libya, UNSMILannounced, on Thursday [11 June 2020], the discovery of at least eight graves in Tarhouna, around 100 kilometres southeast of the capital, Tripoli, and formerly a stronghold for the forces of General Haftar, during his campaign to capture Tripoli, which has now lasted over a year.
13 June 2020 (UN News)* — Responding to the decision of the United States Government to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) officials and their family members, O-Gon Kwon, President of the Assembly of States Parties, the body that oversees the ICC, denounced the measures which, he said, undermine the “endeavour to fight impunity and to ensure accountability for mass atrocities”.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas | Permanent headquarters of the International Criminal Court at The Hague. (file)
GNÄBE BUGLÉ REGION, Panama, 11 June 2020 (UNFPA)* – Carmen was two days into an excruciating labour when she was carried to the nearest health clinic – three hours away – in a hammock held aloft by community members.
Her situation was life-threatening, but she had been unable to seek care earlier because transportation had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rains had delayed travel by foot.
“The population is very distant, days away from adequate care. There is no transportation,” said Ángel Rodríguez, a nurse at the Soloy Health Centre, where Carmen was taken. In the end, Carmen was lucky. She safely delivered a healthy baby boy.
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s [12 June 2020 ] press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva*| Español | Français | عربي
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urging Greece to investigate multiple reports of pushbacks by Greek authorities at the country’s sea and land borders, possibly returning migrants and asylum seekers to Turkey after they had reached Greek territory or territorial waters.
The acclaimed Indian writer says that human rights courts should examine the government’s “disastrous” response.
Arundhati Roy speaks at a student protest in New Delhi in January.| PA Images
11 June 2020 (openDemocracy)* — India’s coronavirus lockdown, which began in March, has been one of largest and strictest in the world. It has left tens of millions without work prompting a mass exodus from cities; many have attempted to travel hundreds of miles – on foot, by bicycle or even clinging to trucks – to return to their home villages.
This week, the government has begun loosening restrictions despite the number of reported cases continuing to rise. Although the numbers are relatively low for a population of almost 1.4 billion people, the country is yet to reach its peak.
When you can not remove a president who is flagrantly and openly racist, sexist, cruel, and dangerous, then you have a failed government | Image fromWall Street International.
13 June 2020 (Wall Street International)* — When you can not remove a president who is flagrantly and openly racist, sexist, cruel, and dangerous, then you have a failed government.
When you can not remove a president who is too mentally ill to fully understand his own acts and becomes a clear and present danger to others, then you have a failed government.
When the president is a traitor and, in an alliance with Russia, is waging war against the country and its people and no one can stop him, then you have a failed nation.
Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat.
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 12 June 2020 (ILO)* – Millions more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis , which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF.
ROME, 12 June 2020 (FAO)* – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) marked World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June 2020 by stressing the critical need to step up efforts to prevent a spike in child labour in agriculture due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruptive global impact on livelihoods, education, food and health systems.
Young cattle keeper Kuoi Malak and his sister guide their calfs in a cattle camp in Lulwuot, Yirol, South Sudan.
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