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United Nations Seeks USD 920 Million for Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis in 2019
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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 7,113 in 2019; Deaths Reach 216
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UN: Nearly $4 billion needed to protect 41 million children from conflict and disaster
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UN: Fuel crisis rapidly draining last ‘coping capacities’ of Palestinians in Gaza
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Greece: OSCE Media Freedom Representative strongly condemns attacks on journalists by extremists in Greece, urges swift and thorough investigation
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International Organization for Migration reports 170 missing migrants from two major shipwrecks of vessels leaving Africa for Europe over the last 48 hours
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UN:Thousands risk lives fleeing fighting in Syria’s last ISIL stronghold
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