Record numbers of refugees leave Syria in August
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11:11 07/09/2012
A record number of people left Syria as refugees in August 2012, according to The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told a Geneva press conference...
Fourth World Migration Report released by the International Organization for Migration
13:22 09/12/2008
The Geneva based International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released its 4th World Migration Report. Entitled 'Managing Labour Mobility in the Evolving Global Economy,' the report indicated...
United Nations updates and amends rescue at sea conventions for refugees
16:41 08/08/2006
• Watch This Video The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has amended Maritime Conventions to facilitate search-and-rescue at sea. In response to several incidents in recent years...
EU countries agree on illegal immigration issues
11:10 06/07/2005
Ministers from five European Union countries agreed on 5 July to collaborate on repatriating illegal immigrants, according to French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy. "All together, the European...
