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The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Alicia Bárcena, told journalists that her country is facing “a real challenge” as “around three thousand people a day” are crossing the Darien Gap and heading north towards Mexico and the United States. UNIFEED

Regarding the recent arrival of thousands of migrants in Lampedusa, Italy, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic, said, “These young people represent the present and the future of our continent of Africa. They are seeking desperately to reach the European continent in search of the El Dorado.” UNIFEED

Giorgia Meloni, President of the Italian Council of Ministers, said, “We must reject the utopic and self-serving narrative of those who say that a world without nations, without borders, and without identities, would also be a world without conflicts.” UNIFEED

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said his county “remains committed to working with partners, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to contribute to a durable solution.” UNIFEED

An official from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said that extreme rainfall has caused devastating flooding and loss of life in Libya with an estimate of 3,000 people who have died and up to 10,000 people that are recorded to be missing in the massive floods which have overwhelmed on 10 September eastern parts of the country. UNTV CH

UNICEF’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Gary Conille, warned today about “a stark and alarming reality”, with children “migrating within Latin America and the Caribbean at an unprecedented rate, constituting a larger share of the migrant population than any other region worldwide.” UNIFEED

El Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos alertó hoy del riesgo que enfrentan y la vulnerabilidad en la que se encuentran un número sin precedentes de migrantes y refugiados que cruzan el Tapón del Darién - la densa selva tropical que separa Colombia y Panamá- en su viaje hacia Norteamérica. OHCHR

The UN Human Rights Office today highlighted the risks and vulnerabilities faced by an unprecedented number of migrants and refugees who are crossing the Darien Gap – the dense tropical jungle that separates Colombia and Panama – on their journey towards North America. OHCHR

The UN migration agency (IOM) strongly advocated on Friday for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to organize the safe, dignified and voluntary return of migrants stranded in Niger to their countries of origin and facilitate aid delivery to conflict-affected areas. UNTV CH

The United Nations top official in Libya said that the people of Libya “want to end the successive interim arrangements and have a strong desire for an elected and legitimate leadership to govern the country.” UNIFEED