Portuguese chief vs. American deputy in race to lead UN migration agency
The 175 member countries of the U.N. migration agency are casting ballots to choose its leader for the next five years โ an unusual contest between its European director-general and his American deputy, who is looking to oust him from the job.
Election at UN migration agency pits its European chief against his American deputy
International Organization for Migration chief Antonio Vitorino of Portugal faces what is poised to be a tight race against his Biden administration-backed American deputy, Amy Pope, as the Geneva-based organization chooses its next director-general on Monday.
UN migration agency: COVID has 'radically altered' mobility
The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic has โradically alteredโ mobility around the world, projecting in a new report that the growth in the number of international migrants is likely to remain weaker as long as travel and other restrictions remain.
Venezuela migrant help promised as region struggles to cope
The European Union says a "solidarity conference" has raised around 120 million euros ($133 million) for Venezuelans fleeing their crisis-wracked country and to help countries who are hosting them. The South American nation of roughly 30 million people is gripped by a deepening political and economic crisis under President Nicols Maduro. Colombia hosts the greatest number of refugees and migrants an estimated 1.4 million Venezuelans while Peru is sheltering some 860,000. "This humanitarian crisis has a name: Nicols Maduro," Peruvian Foreign Minister Gustavo Meza-Cuadra said during the conference, which involved around 120 delegations. Guaid's deputy foreign minister, Isadora Zubillaga, welcomed the "solidarity conference," but said that such efforts alone are not enough.