"If the Emoji Subcommittee recommends the addition of a Catalonia flag emoji, ... Original batch of emoji only included 10 flags Credit: Unicode Consortium. Read all the latest Phones & Gadgets news; ...

The flag for Western Sahara, a disputed territory in Northwest Africa, has a corollary on the emoji keyboard. Réunion, a small island that is still legally part of France, has its own emoji flag too.

These have been the standard emoji flags available on most platforms until now," explained emojipedia in a Feb. 23 post. "This emoji update introduces 27 more country flags into its emoji picker." ...

WHEN the next batch of emoji arrive there is a certain type that most definitely will not feature, after bosses behind the symbols put their foot down. The Unicode Consortium which overseas all emo… ...