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Refugees fleeing South Sudan tops 1.5 million
As violence surges, South Sudanese refugee population in Uganda more than triples in six months to 698,000. Sidah Hawa stares towards the horizon. The scorching sun filters through the sparse shade of the tree under which she sits. Her six children huddle close as she...
Bittersweet hope for struggling Syrian family
Father of three from Homs says resettlement from Jordan to U.S. will provide a future for his children, despite pain of leaving loved ones behind. By: Charlie Dunmore and Dalal Mouawad IRBID, Jordan – As he packed his family’s belongings into four large suitcases just...
Funding crunch exacerbates Yemen ‘catastrophe’
Deaths through famine and lack of medical attention in the country are being aggravated as UN Refugee Agency relief operations are just one per cent funded. GENEVA – People in war-ravaged Yemen are dying of famine and lack of medical attention in a situation now...
UNHCR readies for fresh Mosul exodus as battle moves west
Displaced Iraqis voice fears for relatives trapped in west of the city, as UNHCR prepares for movement of up to a quarter of a million people. HASANSHAM, Iraq – When Ahmad’s* family learned yesterday the Iraqi government had launched a military operation focusing on...
As new Mosul offensive unfolds, sheltering the displaced comes back into focus
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. With the new military operations under way in Mosul, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is...
Inside Somalia, drought displacement growing
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Leo Dobbs – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Drought has displaced more than 135,000 people inside Somalia since November, according to data...
Yemen’s Brutal Conflict Pushing One Million Displaced to Return to Danger (Joint UNHCR-IOM Press Release)
Unabated conflict and rapidly deteriorating conditions across Yemen are pushing millions of displaced Yemenis further into danger and adversity, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, warned today following the release of the latest data on...
Insecurity in Yemen threatens incoming refugees
UNHCR launches campaign to highlight dangers to thousands of people – most from Ethiopia and Somalia – who continue head to Yemen despite the raging conflict. By: UNHCR staff | 7 February 2017 SANA’A, Yemen – Mention to someone the words “Yemen” and “refugees” and...
UN refugee chief warns against politicizing plight of refugees
Filippo Grandi urges developed countries to show generosity to those fleeing conflict or risk undermining principle of solidarity. By: Charlie Dunmore | 3 February 2017 BEIRUT, Lebanon – UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi on Friday warned developed countries against...
UNHCR gravely concerned by intensified hostilities in Al Mokha affecting Yemeni civilians
GENEVA - UNHCR is deeply concerned about the plight of thousands of Yemeni civilians fleeing or caught up in heavy confrontations between the warring parties in the Red Sea districts of Al Mokha and Dhubab in Taizz governorate. Owing to ongoing military operations...
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