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Despite funding cuts, UNHCR responded to multiple complex emergencies last year
Even as severe funding cuts put further pressure on humanitarian resources, UNHCR responded last year to a range of highly complex new emergencies as well as intensifying protracted crises that forced millions of people from their homes, according to UNHCR’s 2025 Impact Report: Response to New Emergencies and Protracted Crises, released today.
In Chad, UNHCR’s Salih calls for urgent refugee support to save and rebuild lives
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih, today underscored the need for urgent humanitarian assistance and protection for people fleeing the brutal war in Sudan, and for greater support for refugees to rebuild their lives with dignity.
In Kenya, UNHCR’s Salih urges greater solidarity and solutions for refugees
On his first official visit as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih today called for stronger global support to develop the solutions refugees need to rebuild their lives.