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UNHCR warns delays in rescue in Andaman Sea and Strait of Malacca are costing human lives
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply dismayed that repeated calls to rescue and safely disembark people stranded on boats in the Andaman Sea and Strait of Malacca are not being heeded. It warns that inaction from States to save lives is resulting in more human misery and tragedies, each passing day.
UNHCR welcomes Kenya’s decision to end statelessness for the Pemba people
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the steps the Government of Kenya is taking to resolve the long-term problem of statelessness for the Pemba people in Kenya.
UNHCR appeals to UK to uphold its international legal obligations
For decades, the United Kingdom has stood in solidarity with refugees and the communities around the world impacted by crises. Today’s announcements mark a troubling step away from that commendable humanitarian tradition.
UNHCR ramps up assistance to refugees, displaced families in northern Ethiopia as peace returns
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is stepping up assistance to conflict-affected populations in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions.
New IFC and UNHCR initiative to boost private sector engagement for refugees and their host communities
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced a joint initiative to create inclusive economic opportunities that will benefit refugees and their host communities. Among other goals, the initiative aims to mobilize private sector projects over the next five years to demonstrate the viability of investments in forced displacement contexts.
« Ce n’est plus chez nous » : L’impact intergénérationnel d’être déraciné de son pays et de reconstruire sa vie ailleurs
De Shairoze Walji « Ce n’est plus chez nous ». Voici ce qu’aurait dit mon grand-père ou Dada, d’après ma tante, le jour où il a décidé qu'il était temps pour notre famille de quitter l'Ouganda, un pays où lui et ses quatre enfants étaient pourtant nés et avaient...
A year from 2023 Global Refugee Forum, UNHCR announces co-convenors
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, confirmed today that six states – Colombia, France, Japan, Jordan, Niger and Uganda – will co-convene, together with UNHCR, the next Global Refugee Forum (GRF), scheduled for December 2023. The forum will continue to be hosted by Switzerland and UNHCR, and will be held in Geneva.
Thousands displaced by escalating conflict in South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile Region
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the escalating armed conflict in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state which has displaced at least 20,000 people since August, some of them forced to flee for their lives up to four times as the conflict rages. At least 3,000 people have already fled to neighbouring Sudan, further intensifying South Sudan’s refugee crisis, the largest in Africa.
UNHCR receives record support for forcibly displaced people as they face a daunting year
Governments pledged US$ 1.13 billion today to provide help and a lifeline to people displaced from their homes by war, violence and human rights violations, supporting the work of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in 2023. Along with a commitment of US$ 400 million from UNHCR’s private sector National Partners, the total amount announced is US$ 1.53 billion.
Drought and conflict force 80,000 to flee Somalia for Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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