U.S. candidate loses race to lead U.N. migration agency

GENEVA (Reuters) - Ken Isaacs, the U.S. nominee to lead the U.N. migration agency, was knocked out of the race on Friday after coming third behind Portugal's Antonio Vitorino and Costa Rica's Laura Thompson in a secret ballot of member states in Geneva, delegates said.

Isaacs, vice president of U.S. evangelical charity Samaritan's Purse, had caused controversy after being forced to apologise for tweets and social media posts in which he disparaged Muslims.

(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Catherine Evans)