EU backs second term for UN migration chief

EU backs second term for UN migration chief

The European Union "unanimously" backs International Organization for Migration chief Antonio Vitorino to remain as head of the UN's migration agency, the EU's top diplomat said on Friday, reports BSS. IOM director-general Antonio Vitorino, a former Portuguese minister, is facing a challenge from his American deputy Amy Pope at elections next week. "The (EU) member states have agreed to...

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