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12.11.2020 Article

Implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: the regional process

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is the first ever international framework instrument designed to improve cooperation in the field of migration. Germany and other UNECE Member States submitted the first voluntary National Implementation Reports on 31 October.

Flags in front of the United Nations Headquarters
21.07.2020 Article

Focus on Europe: Foreign Minister Maas in Greece

Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, dealing with Turkey and Europe’s refugee policy are the focus of Foreign Minister Maas’ trip to Athens.

Skyline of Athens, Greece
23.06.2020 Article

UNRWA pledging conference – Germany pledges humanitarian aid

At the pledging conference for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Germany once again pledged comprehensive humanitarian assistance for 2020.

Rafah, Palestinian territories – a family eating breakfast beside the ruins of their home in Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has reported that over half the population in the Gaza Strip may not have enough to eat.
18.06.2020 Article

UNHCR announces figures on refugees and displaced persons – all-time high

Sad state of affairs: Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, published annual figures today (18 June 2020) on displacement and forced migration.

Internally displaced persons in Yemen
27.05.2020 Article

Helping internally displaced persons in Somalia

In Somalia, the Federal Foreign Office supports the internally displaced and host communities and is helping to improve the provision of healthcare.

The Federal Foreign Office is partnering with action medeor in Somalia.

Press releases

  1. 06.08.2020 Press release

    Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Kofler on the attack on a camp for internally displaced persons in Cameroon

  2. 03.08.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the current development of the migration situation in the Mediterranean

  3. 21.07.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Heiko Maas prior to his departure for Greece and the UK

  4. 22.06.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Heiko Maas prior to his departure for Italy

  5. 20.06.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on World Refugee Day

  6. 18.06.2020 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner on new data published in the annual UNHCR Global Trends report on forced displacement and migration

  7. 09.03.2020 Press release

    “Europe’s message to Turkey is clear”

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