Africa: Is UN's Ambitious Global Compact the Last Word On the Migrant Crisis?

16 March 2018
analysis

United Nations — As the death toll keeps mounting and the humanitarian crises continue unabated, the life of the average migrant or refugee has largely turned out to be an unmitigated nightmare.

The litany of woes include life-threatening midnight runs in dangerous waters, victims of human trafficking, suffering under deplorable working conditions, and subject to rampant sexual abuse and violence in households.

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