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UN's Guterres Urges all Sides to 'Seize Opportunity' for Cyprus Deal

The Secretary-General of the U.N. Antonio Guterres urged all parties involved in the Cyprus talks to "seize the opportunity" for an agreement on the reunification of the island, in a statement released on Tuesday, ahead of the new Conference...

Greek, Turkish Cypriot Leaders Meet to Try to Re-Unite Divided Island

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders are holding U.N.-mediated talks in an effort to end the four-decade-long stalemate that has kept their island divided. U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon opened the week long talks with words of encouragement for the task...

Thousands of Asylum Seekers Registered in Greece

The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 15,500 asylum seekers have gone through a so-called pre-registration process on mainland Greece. The UNHCR said these people will be able to lodge future claims for asylum in Greece or in other European...

Ban Ki-moon Meets with PM Tsipras, President Pavlopoulos, Calls for Solidarity in Tackling the Refugee Crisis in Greece

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Greece with a message of solidarity. Reuters reported that after a meeting with Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday, Ban Ki-moon told the press that "Greece should not be left alone to address this challenge on its own." Tsipras offered...

UN: Step Up Efforts to Protect Migrants, Refugees

A new U.N. report expresses concern about rising xenophobia and discrimination against migrants and refugees. “Xenophobic and racist responses to refugees and migrants seem to be reaching new levels of stridency, frequency and public acceptance,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says...

UN: Greek Migrant Reception Facilities Need Expanding

As the European winter approaches, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports additional reception sites in Greece are urgently needed to accommodate the massive flow of refugees and migrants from Syria and other countries of conflict. The U.N. refugee...

Refugees Scramble to Reach Europe Before Winter

The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, reports a spike in arrivals in Greece as a result of a last minute scramble by refugees and migrants to get to Europe before winter comes and sea crossings are no longer possible. But spokeswoman...

Croatia Opens Serbia Border to Migrants

Croatia opened its border with Serbia late Monday afternoon, allowing about 3,000 migrants who had been stranded in cold, rainy conditions for nearly two days to stream through. Melita Sunjic, a spokeswoman with the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) who is...

UNHCR: Greece Overwhelmed by Migrants

The U.N. refugee agency is warning that Greece cannot cope with the flood of refugees and migrants landing on its shores because it lacks proper reception facilities to register and screen them. The backlog in processing is increasing tension, violence...

UNHCR: 1.4 Million Asylum-Seekers to Reach Europe in 2015, 2016

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says 700,000 asylum-seekers will reach Europe via the Mediterranean this year and it projected that approximately the same number will arrive in 2016. The UNHCR almost doubled the estimate of the migrant and refugee...