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UNHCR delivers vital winter aid in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine, Nov 9 (UNHCR)—For the first time since the suspension of its activities, the UN refugee agency has delivered vital winter aid including plastic sheeting, timber and thousands of blankets for distribution to up to 12,000 highly vulnerable people in an...
UNHCR provides emergency relief to Yemen cyclone displaced
GENEVA, Nov 6 (UNHCR)—The UN refugee agency has provided emergency relief including tents, bedding and cooking utensils to more than 1,600 families displaced by Cyclone Chapala, which struck the Arabian Sea coast of Yemen in recent days sweeping away houses, boats and...
UNHCR launches appeal to aid refugees as winter hits Europe
GENEVA, Nov 5 (UNHCR)—With thousands of refugees and migrants continuing to arrive in Europe via the Mediterranean each day as winter approaches, the UN refugee agency is appealing to donors for US$96.15 million in additional support for Greece and affected countries...
First asylum-seekers relocate from Greece to Luxembourg
ATHENS, Greece, Nov 4 (UNHCR)—It was the crack of dawn when 30 asylum-seekers from Syria and Iraq gathered around the departure gate at Athens International Airport on Wednesday, bound for a new life in a new land. The atmosphere was full of expectation. Some could...
Urgent action needed to address child statelessness
Nov 3 (UNHCR) – Thirteen-year-old Joe Hullman dreams of playing baseball in his native Dominican Republic. But because he has no birth certificate or identity papers, he scavenges instead for scrap metal at the San Pedro de Macoris municipal dump. Half a world away in...
UNHCR airlifts emergency relief to Algeria flood victims
TINDOUF, Algeria, Oct 30 (UNHCR)—The UN refugee agency has airlifted emergency aid including tents, blankets and plastic sheeting to distribute to as many as 11,000 refugee families at five camps in southwestern Algeria devastated by heavy rains and flooding....
Shaken by war, Syrian children start over at German school
NEUBRANDENBURG, Germany, Oct 29 (UNHCR)—Leen flings open the school doors after her German language class and runs out, clearly delighting in her new surroundings despite a cold rush of autumn air. "I like being here," said Leen, gesturing around her. "I have new...
Ongoing Myanmar conflict traps villagers in crossfire
MYITKYINA, Myanmar, Oct 28 (UNHCR)—Htoi Pan vividly recalls the moment when the fighter jets streaked across the sky over her village in northern Myanmar, piercing the calm of that late June morning. A former resident of Sumprabum in Kachin state, Htoi Pan, in her...
UNHCR warns of “looming refugee crisis” in the Americas
Oct 28 (UNHCR)—In late 2014, four members of a brutal street gang abducted Norma and took her to a cemetery nearby her home in El Salvador. Three of the four then raped her. She believes she was targeted because she was married to a police officer. "They took their...
UNHCR warns of looming refugee crisis as women flee Central America and Mexico
Washington, D.C., 28 October 2015 (UNHCR)—Women in Central America and Mexico are fleeing their countries in rising numbers to escape a surge in deadly, unchecked gang violence, fuelling a looming refugee crisis in the Americas that demands urgent and concerted action...
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