United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

About 21,000 internally displaced Roma live below the threshold of poverty in Serbia, and about 20,000 of them live in substandard buildings.

This is according to a study presented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Turkey has pledged to add $1 million to efforts by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide humanitarian aid for Rohingya and Bengalese refugees stranded at sea, Anadolu Agency has reported, citing presidency sources. 

The United Nations said May 19 that some 1,850 people had been killed and more than 500,000 displaced as a result of the conflict raging in Yemen since late March.

As of May 15, 1,849 people had been killed and 7,394 had been injured, the U.N. humanitarian agency said citing numbers from Yemen health facilities.

Malaysia said on May 14 it would push boats full of migrants back to sea, a policy that has drawn criticism from the U.N. refugee agency as thousands remained adrift in Southeast Asian waters. 

MUP, UNHCR seek improvements to asylum system

BELGRADE -- The Serbian Interior Ministry (MUUP) and UNHCR in Serbia "will boost cooperation on improving the national asylum system pursuant to international standards."

Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia will continue to push boats holding thousands of migrants back to sea, a senior Thai official said on May 134, despite a U.N. appeal for a rapid rescue operation to avoid a humanitarian crisis. 

Over 50,000 Burundians have fled their country since the start of political violence in April, the UN refugee agency said on May 8, adding that many more were trying to leave but faced hurdles.

Tighter security at Bulgaria's and Greece's land borders with Turkey has allegedly forced more Europe-bound migrants to try "the world's deadliest sea crossing" to arrive in Italy via the Mediterranean, according to the UN refugee agency.

The history of migration correlates closely with the history of humankind.

"Serbia treats asylum seekers well"

BELGRADE -- Serbia acts well toward asylum seekers in transit and cares for their well being while they are in its territory, said the UNHCR representative in Belgrade.