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UNHCR calls for urgent help for 228,000 flood-affected people in West Africa
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urgently appealing for $10.6 million to address the most pressing needs of 228,000 forcibly displaced people and their host communities across West and Central Africa, where devastating climate-induced torrential rains and floods have wreaked havoc and impacted over 5.1 million people.
UN agencies warn of spiraling Sudan crisis as civilians face grave risks and famine threat grows amid access barriers
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to spiral, with millions of people in desperate need of assistance. The conflict has displaced over 11 million people, both internally and across borders, while pushing millions more into extreme vulnerability, particularly children. Access to basic services – such as safe water, health care, and shelter – is severely limited. As we witness the collapse of vital infrastructure, the international response must intensify immediately to match the overwhelming scale of need.
High Commissioner’s statement at the International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty, Paris
The disaster in Lebanon has multiple humanitarian consequences. Displacement, as we heard, is one of the most catastrophic. Parts of the country have been depopulated. A fifth of the population has been displaced. And 430,000 people have crossed into Syria — 30 per cent Lebanese, 70 per cent Syrians: people who fled a war and are now fleeing another. I have seen myself a few days ago families at the border carrying what they can on their backs along a road destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.
News comment: UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for global support as more people flee to Uganda
This statement is attributable to Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, on an official visit to Uganda.
UN Refugee Agency partners with LIV Golf for its first-ever partnership in golf
Three-year partnership and $10 million commitment will support up to 1 million people of diverse ages, genders and abilities in displacement settings around the world.
High Commissioner’s closing statement to the seventy-fifth plenary session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
As we conclude another session of the Executive Committee, let me thank all of you for your engagement, your support, and for the frank exchanges during the week. I, along with the senior UNHCR team, listened closely to every single one of your statements. And you heard me, I replied to all 152 statements during the general debate. I thank all those who have made efforts to keep the focus of our discussion firmly on issues of our immediate, humanitarian concern.
Theo James visits Mauritania to spotlight refugees’ climate challenges ahead of COP29
Theo James, British actor and newly appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has returned from an eye-opening visit to Mauritania, where he spent time with refugees from Mali who fled violence and insecurity at home and are now struggling with the challenges of climate change and ongoing humanitarian crises in the Sahel region.
Coldplay, next band to feature on front of Barça jersey in association with Spotify
Sharing an announcement of an initiative on behalf of FC Barcelona and FC Barcelona Foundation that will benefit UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
UNHCR: Lebanon crisis deepens as Israeli airstrikes intensify
The escalating conflict and intensified Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon are taking an increasingly devastating toll on civilians in the country, pushing more people to flee to Syria.
UNHCR: New Global Alliance launched to consign statelessness to history
More than 100 States, civil society organizations, stateless-led entities, academics and others have united to form a new Global Alliance to End Statelessness, committing to address the grave inequity faced by millions of people around the world denied a nationality.
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