Poverty in Ukraine sharply down in 2017 due to higher incomes: minister

The poverty in Ukraine has declined in 2017 due to the higher incomes of people, the country's Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva said here on Thursday.

Trump to 'deport up to three million immigrants'

US president-elect Donald Trump said he planned to immediately deport or jail as many as three million undocumented immigrants, as he set out his priorities in the first television interview since his election.

EU Has Moral Duty to Protect Syrian Refugees (Dimitris Avramopoulos, EC Official on Migration)

The European Union has a moral duty to offer Syrian refugees protection, European Commission member Dimitris Avramopoulos, in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, said on Thursday.

European Nations Breaking Geneva Convention Over Refugees

Many countries in Europe – already under fire for suspending the Schengen agreement and Dublin rules over the migrant and refugee crisis – have been accused by the United Nations Refugee Agency of breaking the Geneva Convention on refugees.

On World Day, UN launches education appeal in fight against child labour

UN, 12 June 2015 – The United Nations has announced it is marking the 2015 edition of the World Day Against Child Labour with a call for the international community to invest in quality education as a key step in the fight against child employment – a scourge that consumes over one hundred million children worldwide.