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• UN migration chief urges more support for Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar or &#39thousands will suffer&#39 October 19, 2017
  The United Nations migration agency and its partners are supporting Bangladesh in coordinating assistance for the influx of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, including with clean water and sanitation, shelter, food and psychosocial care for the most vulnerable.
• Yemen: UNICEF warns conflict shutters one in 10 schools; teachers unpaid for a year October 18, 2017
  The conflict in Yemen &#8211 now into its third year &#8211 continues to take a toll on millions of children, with their education now under threat, adding to an already long list of bitter hardships including malnutrition, displacement and violence, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
• Libya: Smugglers holding refugees and migrants in deplorable conditions, say UN agencies October 17, 2017
  After weeks of conflict in western Libya, United Nations agencies have been working around the clock to meet the urgent needs of the more than 14,000 refugees and migrants who had been held captive in numerous locations in the coastal city of Sabratha – approximately 80 kilometres west of Tripoli.
• Thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded near Bangladesh-Myanmar border – UN October 17, 2017
  The United Nations refugee agency is concerned about the humanitarian condition of up to 15,000 Rohingya refugees who are stranded in paddy fields near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
• UN calls for global solidarity ahead of pledging conference on Rohingya refugee crisis October 16, 2017
  Senior United Nations officials are urging the international community to come together in support of a 23 October pledging conference to “send a strong message to Rohingya refugees and their generous hosts in Bangladesh that the world is there for them in their greatest time of need.”
• People’s lives continue to worsen, but they live with hope, says UN official in Ukraine October 13, 2017
  Concluding her visit to Ukraine, the United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator underlined on Friday the urgent need for humanitarian funding to address the dire situation faced by millions of civilians during the coming winter months.