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Saudis Arrest Woman in Miniskirt for Violating Dress Code
July 19, 2017
The Saudi Arabian religious police, the "Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice," recently detained a woman shown in a social media video wearing a miniskirt and walking unaccompanied in a town in Saudi Arabia for violating the strict Wahhabi Islamist laws requiring Saudi women to be completely covered and accompanied by a male guardian whenever in public.
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UN Official Seeks Distribution System for Migration in Europe
July 19, 2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called for European countries to offer a "joined-up, comprehensive regional approach," a distribution system, and expanded legal avenues for migration to relieve Italy of problems related to mass migration to the country.
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UN Officials Seek Global Deal on Migration Pathways
July 19, 2017
At a recent UN Global Forum on Migration and Development in Berlin, UN officials emphasized the international organization's desire to create a globally harmonized migration policy expanding legal pathways for cross-border movement beginning with a global compact on migration to be based on human rights law and agreed in 2018.
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UN Official Seeks "Sustainability" Response to Attacks in Sahel
July 19, 2017
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has warned government officials to "avoid a disproportionate emphasis on security" in pursuing peace in Africa's Sahel region, blaming security problems in the region on "lack of development, good governance and respect for human rights," as well as the impacts of global warming.
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CoE Body: "Modernize" Society Through Migration
July 19, 2017
According to a resolution adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE), European countries should base their responses to large-scale migration flows on the principles of "human dignity and solidarity" and recognize that migration into their territories is necessary for "renewed dynamic and modernisation of societies."
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