What drives demand for migrant and refugee smuggling in Southeast Asia? New research from UNODC Bangkok, 26 March 2024 Tens of thousands of people are smuggled every year in Southeast Asia because of...
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What drives demand for migrant and refugee smuggling in Southeast Asia? New research from UNODC Bangkok, 26 March 2024 Tens of thousands of people are smuggled every year in Southeast Asia because of...
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INTRODUCTION As climate change intensifies, the danger posed by heatwaves is increasing every year. In 2015, thousands were killed in India and Pakistan, and in 2022, the death toll reached tens of...
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Highlights Adolescents in South Asia face numerous challenges in accessing health, education, water and sanitation, child protection and social protection services. Girls are further burdened by...
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Overview: In East Africa, planting of Belg season maize is underway in Ethiopia, and planting of main season cereals is underway in the south of the region. Conditions are generally favourable except...
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Alistair D. B. Cook Over the past two years, the number of people taking perilous journeys across the Mediterranean Sea or out of the Bay of Bengal has significantly increased again. Since 2015, the...
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Domestic food price inflation remains high. Inflation higher than 5% is experienced in 57.9% of low-income countries (a decrease of 5.3 percentage points since the last update on February 1, 2024),...
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Introduction The impacts of climate change in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to undo hard-won gains in sustainable development that countries have made in recent decades. Climate change is putting...
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Bangladesh: Opposition boycott and electoral violence mark the Awami League's re-election Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was re-elected to serve for a fourth consecutive term. Her party,...
The Ganges Delta has large agricultural landscapes that provide food for millions of people. However, changes in climate and anthropogenic activities are causing water scarcity, floods and soil...
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KEY MESSAGES • The ongoing El Niño is expected to continue at least until June 2024. • Between July–December 2023, El Niño triggered droughts, wildfires, heatwaves, heavy rains, and floods in many...
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This Quarterly Mixed Migration Update (QMMU) covers Asia and the Pacific. The core countries of focus for this region are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua...
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Overview: In northern East Africa, main season harvesting is ongoing under mainly poor conditions. In the south, second season harvesting continues under mixed conditions as previous heavy rains and...
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Hangyul Song, Clara Sarangé, Anne Oderoh, Hauke Dahl, and Inga Jacobs-Mata Executive Summary 1.5 billion people live in fragility and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) and they face an increased risk...
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Alexandra Schindler, Radhika Singh, Andrew Adam-Bradford, Merel Laauwen and Sandra Ruckstuhl Abstract/Description This paper is a global literature review of anticipatory action approaches in...
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POLITICAL CONTEXT During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Italian government continued to adopt migration management measures, resorting to agreements with third countries and yet again amending the...
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SUMMARY OF THE 2023 SENS FINDINGS: Two Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) were conducted from 2nd -20th November 2023 with the objective to assess the general nutrition and health...
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Introduction Genocide and related crimes against humanity are devastating in their scale and scope. They leave enduring scars for survivors and their families, as well as long-term trauma in...
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Bangladesh: Violence between the AL and independent candidates increases prior to election Prior to the 7 January elections in Bangladesh, violence between the Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh...
Introduction Elections in Bangladesh have historically been marked by violence between the country’s two dominant political parties, the ruling Awami League (AL) and the opposition Bangladesh...
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AT A GLANCE • Since the last update on November 30, the agricultural, cereal, and export price indices closed 2 percent, 6 percent, and 1 percent higher, respectively. • Domestic food price inflation...