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UN response to UK Illegal Migration Bill

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 31st May 2023 by wykenseagrave31st May 2023

The Illegal Migration Bill will change the law to make it unambiguously clear that, if you enter the UK illegally, you should not be able to remain here. Instead, you will be detained and promptly removed either to your home country … Continue reading →

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UNHCR Virtual Art Gallery

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 10th November 2020 by wykenseagrave10th November 2020

In 2020 the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) challenged young artists to draw a world where kindness defeats Covid-19. They received 2,000 drawings from 100 countries. UNHCR animated seven of them. They created a virtual exhibition containing 35 of the winning … Continue reading →

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Yemen – The world’s biggest but forgotten humanitarian crisis

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 28th July 2018 by wykenseagrave28th July 2018

The UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, writes: More than three years since the escalation of the armed conflict, civilians continue to suffer horribly in Yemen. More than 22 million people — or three quarters of the … Continue reading →

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What Rights Do Refugees Have?

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 20th August 2017 by wykenseagrave20th August 2017

Who is a Refugee? A refugee is a person who “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, … Continue reading →

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UNHCR

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 8th March 2016 by wykenseagrave8th March 2016

Interview with António Guterres António Guterres, who served as UN High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015, reflects on the dramatic acceleration of displacement around the world and calls for a surge in diplomacy for peace in … Continue reading →

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