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Catherine Woollard

Catherine Woollard

Secretary General of European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

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Time to Protect Hundreds of Thousands of Exposed Child Migrants in Europe

The legal framework is there, the solutions are there and now the question is if the political will is there?

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As governments around the world increase their investments in humanitarian assistance, they are recognising a simple reality: today's crises are becoming more frequent, more complex, and more interconnected.

"Not necessarily a space with swings and goals, but places where you don't have to produce, compete, buy or demonstrate anything. A bench in the square. A library. A neighborhood association." 

On 17 January, a new global treaty entered into force that finally allows countries to establish marine protected areas on the high seas—ocean regions that lie beyond the jurisdiction of any single nation.