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20.09.2021 Page

A joint European refugee and migration policy

Global refugee and migration flows have assumed new dimensions in recent years. European solutions are needed for sustainable refugee and migration policy.

Entrance to a tent in a refugee camp in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon
20.09.2021 Page

Refugee and Migration issues

There are now more refugees globally than at any time since the end of the Second World War. The refugee and migration situation cannot be resolved by any one country alone. Instead, the international community needs to take a joint approach.

Overcrowded refugee boat by the Greek island Lesbos
28.07.2021 Article

Laying the foundation for the protection of refugees: 70 years of the Geneva Refugee Convention

The Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was adopted in 1951. It had been drawn up amid the aftermath of two devastating world wars. Today, it forms the centrepiece of international refugee protection. It remains highly relevant – because there are now more refugees than ever before.

The Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was adopted in 1951.
18.06.2021 Article

UNHCR announces latest refugee and displacement figures – another record high

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi presented the latest figures for displacement and forced migration on 18 June 2021. According to these figures, by the end of 2020, 82.4 million people had been violently displaced – almost 3 million more than in the previous year. A record number.

Kutupalong UNHCR refugee camp, home to Rohingya driven from Myanmar (file photo)
20.05.2021 Article

55 million internally displaced persons worldwide ‒ a sad record high

Worldwide, over 80 million people have been forced from their homes. Most of them are displaced within their own country. The situation is particularly grave in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
17.03.2021 Article

The EU’s IRINI mission: Enforcing the UN arms embargo against Libya

The EU operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI has helped to enforce the United Nations arms embargo against Libya since 2020. In addition, the operation is tasked with investigating illegal exports of oil as well as combating human trafficking.

Eine Fregatte der deutschen Bundeswehr im Hamburger Hafen

Press releases

  1. 18.05.2021 Press release

    Federal Government welcomes the report of the Commission on the Root Causes of Displacement

  2. 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

  3. 03.08.2020 Press release

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

  4. 21.07.2020 Press release

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

  5. 22.06.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Heiko Maas prior to his departure for Italy

  6. 20.06.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on World Refugee Day

  7. 18.06.2020 Press release

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

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