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World News in Brief: More UN staff detentions in Yemen, peacekeepers killed in Sudan sent home, attacks in Ukraine

·December 21, 2025·3 min read

This latest incident, which occurred on Thursday, brings the total number of UN staff currently being held by the Houthis to 69. These detentions have rendered the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Houthi-controlled areas untenable, directly affecting millions of people in need and limiting their access to life-saving assistance, UN...

Gazans continue heading home as ‘fragile ceasefire’ holds

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·November 11, 2025·1 min read

A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their former homes and communities wherever access is allowed, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday. ...

Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands

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·November 8, 2025·4 min read

Sikaiana, less than two square kilometres, is encircled by the sea and is home to just 300 people. It is also more than 200 kilometres from the main island of the Solomon archipelago. Most homes lie steps from the shore, where high tides flood the tree line and seep into wells, making freshwater scarce. Still, life...

World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators, Nigeria rights update, sunscreen an ‘essential medicine’

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·September 17, 2025·3 min read

A new UN health agency report also shows that in Europe in 2023, six in 10 medics trained outside the region, while the number is even higher for nurses. In light of these findings – and the fact that many western and northern European countries are becoming “heavily dependent” on these foreign...

1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery

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·July 25, 2025·2 min read

“The thousands of people seeking to return home are driven by hope, resilience and an enduring connection to their country,” said Othman Belbeisi, regional director of the International Organization of Migration (IOM). While this development does offer hope, many of these people are returning to states and cities whose...

Desperate Afghan refugees return to an unfamiliar home

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·July 13, 2025·3 min read

The agency is calling for calm and cooperation to provide a dignified path forward for millions of displaced Afghans. More than 1.6 million Afghans have returned from both neighbouring countries in 2024 alone, according to UNHCR – a figure that has already surpassed earlier forecasts for the entire year. ‘From...

UN migration agency helping migrants in the US return home voluntarily

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·May 13, 2025·1 min read

In a statement on Monday, the UN agency said it is supporting Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) – not deportation – for those who decide to leave the US. At the request of the US Government, IOM is helping people who register to go back to their countries of origin voluntarily....

Gaza: ‘Bring them all home now’, freed hostage tells Security Council

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·March 21, 2025·3 min read

Briefing ambassadors, Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General at the Department of Political Affairs (DPPA), reiterated the UN’s unequivocal condemnation of the horrific attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups on Israeli communities on 7 October 2023. More than 1,200 Israelis were brutally killed and over 250 taken hostage. At least...

Syria: Up to one million people plan to return home in desperation

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·March 7, 2025·3 min read

According to UN refugee agency, UNHCR, 600,000 people could be on the move in the next six months, according to its latest survey. UNHCR spokesperson Celine Schmitt said on Friday that people will need “housing, jobs, schools, hospitals, electricity and clean water” – all of which are lacking after 14...

Syria: Thousands of displaced head home, but many refugees still wary

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·February 14, 2025·1 min read

More than 825,000 people who were displaced within Syria have returned to their areas of origin since December, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday. ...

Dreams of returning home dashed by reality in Gaza City

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·February 2, 2025·4 min read

Tess Ingram, Communications Manager for UNICEF Middle East and North Africa, is in the northern city where she witnessed people moving through the streets on donkeys, in cars, or by bicycle. “There’s a lot of people with shovels trying to remove rubble, and of course you can see people setting...

Over 115,000 Syrians have returned home since end of Assad dictatorship

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·January 5, 2025·2 min read

The information is based on public statements by host countries, contacts with immigration services from inside Syria, and border monitoring by the agency and partners. UNHCR said the Turkish Minister of Interior reported that 35,113 Syrians have voluntarily returned home. Jordan returnees’ demographic shift For its part, Jordan noted that...