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‘Courage shown’ – Merkel honored with UN refugee award
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has been honored with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Refugee Prize. She received the award in...
“The right thing to do” – Admission of refugees: Merkel receives UNHCR award
German ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel receives the Nansen Prize from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The organization announced this in Geneva...
“For everyone and everywhere” – Austrian Türk is the new UN chief for human rights
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved the nomination of Austria's Volker Türk as the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. ...
Hardly any progress – Refugee Policy: Europe’s Dilemma and Failure
EU countries have been discussing reform of the asylum system and how to deal with migration for years. There is hardly any progress,...
Diplomat Volker Türk – Austrian must become UN chief of human rights
Austrian lawyer Volker Türk becomes the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). This is according to Reuters from a UN document....
