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UNHCR: Mass returns push Afghanistan to brink as aid dwindles
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are responding to the mass return of Afghans, even as funding is drastically reduced. Over 3 million Afghans have returned from neighbouring countries since September 2023.
Costa Rica’s solidarity with refugees threatened by major funding cuts, warns UNHCR
As humanitarian needs reach critical levels in Costa Rica, due to continuing displacement from Nicaragua, a 41 per cent funding cut is seriously impacting the ability of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide assistance to forcibly displaced people in the country.
UNHCR and partners urgently seek funding as Congolese refugee numbers soar
As the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo worsens, UNHCR and 107 partners are appealing for $781 million to provide urgent support in 2025 to over 1 million Congolese refugees and asylum-seekers in neighboring countries and local communities across seven countries.
UNHCR warns of soaring protection needs amid Sudanese influx to Chad from Darfur
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned by the rapidly increasing number of Sudanese refugees crossing into eastern Chad, with nearly 20,000 people – mostly exhausted and traumatized women and children – arriving in the past two weeks alone.
UNHCR: Funding crunch increases risks of violence, danger and death for refugees
Deep funding cuts are removing critical support for the world’s most vulnerable refugees, who now face even greater risks of abuse, poverty, being forced to return home to danger or the prospect of new perilous journeys, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today.
UNHCR welcomes arrival of first Afghan refugee families under Brazil’s pioneering Community Sponsorship Programme
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the arrival of the first Afghan refugee families under Brazil’s newly launched Community Sponsorship Programme, a pioneering initiative within Latin America to resettle, protect and integrate people forcibly displaced by the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
As Afghans are forced to return, UNHCR seeks support for humanitarian crisis
An even deeper humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan as tens of thousands of Afghans are being forced to return from neighbouring countries, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today as it urgently seeks $71 million to assist those arriving home in desperate conditions.
Mastercard Foundation and UNHCR launch $300m partnership for refugee education and livelihoods
The Mastercard Foundation today announced a landmark $300 million strategic partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, that will enable more than half a million refugees and displaced youth across Africa to complete their education and 200,000 young people to transition into dignified work by 2030.
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to the Security Council
Mr. President, this is a season of war. This is a time of crisis. From Sudan to Ukraine, from the Sahel to Myanmar, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Haiti, violence has become the defining currency of our age.
Progress made on refugee health in 2024 at risk from funding cuts, UNHCR warns
Important achievements in preventing deaths and improving access to health services for refugees are at risk from the current funding uncertainty, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning.
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