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16 December 2020 (United Nations)* — Since the earliest times, humanity has been on the move. Some people move in search of work or economic opportunities, to join family, or to study. Others move to escape conflict, persecution, terrorism, or human rights violations. Still others move in response to the adverse effects of climate change, natural disasters, or other environmental factors. Raber Y. Aziz/UN Migration Agency | Migrant women at work in the “Hopeful Hands” sewing factory start...

General Assembly Adopts 4 Humanitarian Aid Resolutions, as Delegates Brace for COVID-19’s Broader Impact amid Threat of Famine, Economic Hardship Format SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION, 42ND & 43RD MEETINGS (AM & PM) The General Assembly adopted four humanitarian-focused resolutions today, with delegates warning of ever-growing challenges in 2021 as the broader effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic — including prolonged economic hardship and threat of major famine — begin to take hold. Volkan Bozkir (...

The Divergent Trajectories of the Global Migration and Refugee Compacts: Implementation amid Crisis Format At Their Second Anniversary, the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration Appear to Be on Separate and Increasingly Diverging Tracks WASHINGTON — Two years after the adoption of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) at the UN General Assembly, the global landscape in which these instruments are being implemented has shi...

World: The Divergent Trajectories of the Global Migration and Refugee Compacts: Implementation amid Crisis 11 December, 2020 - 06:20 Country: World Source: Migration Policy Institute Please refer to the attached file. At Their Second Anniversary, the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration Appear to Be on Separate and Increasingly Diverging Tracks WASHINGTON — Two years after the adoption of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and R...