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GENEVA, June 30 (UNHCR) – The exodus of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese from their country in flimsy boats during the 1970s and 1980s focused world attention on the plight of so-called "boat people" for the first time. More than two decades later people are still fleeing their countries to escape violence, persecution or poverty and making perilous ocean journeys in a bid to reach sanctuary and a better life overseas. Many never make it, while a few lucky ones are rescued by passing ships – mainly merchant vessels.

NEW YORK – On 6 June 2006, UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan presented the report on migration and development which will be the starting point of the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development on 14 and 15 September. Find here Kofi Anan’s address to the UN General Assembly:

LONDON – The return of illegal migrants is a topic never far from the headlines. This is a problem which, to a greater or lesser extent, affects all Member States of the EU. In this report the a parliamentary commission of the British parliament looks at an EU initiative for dealing with it.