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Two years after Italy’s EU-backed migration deal with Libya, more than 5,300 women, men and children have perished in the Mediterranean and more still are suffering back in Libyan detention camps, Oxfam said on Friday.In a joint open letter to EU governments, over 50 organizations and platforms, including Oxfam, say EU governments have become complicit in the tragedy unfolding before their eyes in the Mediterranean. People are now in even more danger at sea and are being taken back by the Libyan coastguard to face human rights…

As the newly elected European Parliament holds its inaugural plenary session in July and a new College of Commissioners takes office before the end of the year, there is a pivotal opportunity to shape an EU that prioritizes the well-being of future generations and the planet. Oxfam recommends focusing on three key priority areas in the new mandate: • Championing a strong and coherent international development agenda • Promoting international (humanitarian) law, humanitarian action and civic space • Leading the charge against the climate crisis, hunger and inequalities

Oxfam International is delighted to announce the formal appointment of Guatemala’s former Minister of Finance Dr. Juan Alberto Fuentes as its new chair.

About Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and innovative financing for development  

Daniela Rosche, lead of Oxfam's campaign in support of the new entity said:

Statement from Oxfam America President Raymond C. Offenheiser:

In response to the Forbes Rich List published today, which reveals there are now a record 1,826 billionaires in the world worth $7.05 trillion, Nick Bryer, Oxfam's Head of UK Policy, Programs and Campaigns said:“This is yet more evidence that the very few at the top are coining it in. At the other end of the scale there are nearly a billion people who go to bed hungry every night. Such extreme…

With the number of Iraqis forced to flee their homes tripling in the last year to nearly 3 million, the launch of the new UN Humanitarian Response Plan for Iraq in the European Parliament today is a crucial opportunity for donor governments to both fund the aid effort and begin to address the underlying causes of the conflict

The Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report shows once again that economic inequality remains at shockingly high levels.  The richest 1 percent now has as much wealth as the rest of the world combined.

Typhoon Haiyan not only killed thousands across the Philippines and made millions homeless.