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The federal government has pledged $265 million to support refugees and sustain humanitarian efforts overseas. About $235 million...

While some of the world’s poorest countries are welcoming refugees “with great hospitality”, the international community must match that generosity with far greater solidarity, UN chief António Guterres said on Friday.

Countries attending the largest international gathering on refugees have pledged a total of A$3.3 billion (US$2.2 billion) to help refugees as the number of people displaced globally hits record levels.

Click to expand Image The Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia, New Mexico, US, September 29, 2022. 2023 Andres Leighton/AP Photo The Biden administration is reportedly considering accepting mandatory detention of asylum seekers, one of the demands of Republican Party lawmakers to "secure the border" in exchange for passing the administration's supplemental aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and US border enforcement. The US Immigration and Nationality Act already makes deten...

The United States has recognised the Rohingya situation as a "priority" and pledged to continue to increase the number of Rohingyas, including those from Bangladesh, resettled through the USRAP in fiscal 2024

“Unfortunately, many of our African leaders who have led us into situations of despair, who have ruined our countries, who have created misery, were trained in our schools,” Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo said, wondering aloud, “What haven’t we done?”

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This policy brief focuses on good practices that demonstrate how States can implement their commitments in an era of climate change.

Gennady Gatilov, Russias Permanent Representative to the UN headquarters in Geneva, commenting on the results of the Second Global Refugee Forum, held in Geneva on December 13-15, noted that the policy shines through "in financing humanitarian programs aimed at helping refugees"

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