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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said it was extremely alarmed by reports of the forced return by Cameroon this week of several thousand refugees into violence-affected Borno State in northeast Nigeria. This follows the forced return of 267 Nigerian refugees on 16 January who had arrived in Cameroon in 2014. UNHCR said it was gravely concerned for the safety and well-being of the returnees. UNHCR

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A spate of migrant shipwrecks and rescues in the Mediterranean Sea in recent days is evidence that urgent action is required from European States to address the issue, the United Nations said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly.

European authorities are “struggling” to meet the needs of irregular migrants and refugees who are wrongly accused of spreading sickness among host communities, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, at the launch of its first report on the subject. UNTV CH

Ten ‘blue helmets’ from the United Nations Stabilization Mission In Mali (MINUSMA) were killed on Sunday following a complex terrorist attack against the mission’s camp in Aguelhok, in the Kidal region, northern Mali. MINUSMA

Without international support in Libya, spoilers will sabotage political process, disrupt fragile economic reforms, Special Representative tells Security Council at 8448th meeting.

UN Special Representative in Libya Ghassan Salamé said the political deadlock in the country has been underpinned by a “complex web of narrow interests, a broken legal framework and the pillaging of Libya’s great wealth” adding that only Libyans themselves could plot a path “out of this malaise, towards stability and prosperity.” UNIFEED

The MINUSMA Division of human rights and protection has completed two days of fact-finding missions in Kouloubon village, in the center of Mali, where 37 people were killed in an armed raid on 1 January. MINUSMA

Joint United Nations Police (UNPOL) and Malian Security and Defense Forces day patrols have been reinforced in the town of Menaka and its surroundings after and upsurge of attacks against civilians in Mali’s northeastern area. MINUSMA