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News comment: Without international solidarity, Ukraine’s displacement crisis could turn into catastrophe
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi Since 24 February, millions have been living through the horror of war in Ukraine. In a month, many civilians have lost their lives, with thousands more injured. Families have been torn apart. Without an...
Polish border town welcomes refugees from Ukraine, but will itself need help
‘These refugees have lost almost everything. We need to help them. Even if that means we’ll have to learn to live with less,’ says mayor of Medyka, a primary crossing point for refugees. By Matthew Saltmarsh in Medyka, Poland Marek Iwasieczko has been averaging just...
Imagining Syria
With nearly two million Syrian refugee children aged 11 or under having little or no memory of home, we asked some of them to draw what Syria means to them. As the crisis in Syria enters its twelfth year, an entire generation of Syrian children are growing up as...
Young people in Myanmar’s Rakhine State tackle ethnic divisions
By Reuben Lim Wende in Sittwe, Myanmar Youth groups made up of Rakhine and Rohingya members are coming up with solutions to shared challenges in Myanmar’s ethnically divided Rakhine State. On a blue-sky winter’s day in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, hundreds of...
Local Canadian Businesses Fundraise for Ukraine
As the situation in Ukraine unfolds and the refugee crisis grows to over 3 million people, many of us are feeling helpless and asking what can I do?
One year after Palma attacks, thousands continue to flee violence in northern Mozambique
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. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the ongoing violence in northern Mozambique’s...
UNHCR and partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe
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. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian...
IOM, UNHCR welcome the first flights of refugees out of Moldova to EU Member States
Brussels, 22 March 2022 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcome the pledges by European Union (EU) Member States and other European States to transfer refugees from Moldova to their territory under the auspices of...
UNHCR condemns deadly attack on displaced people in DR Congo
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns in the strongest terms the most recent attack against displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which took place on 19 March in the village of Gudda, Ituri Province. At least 12 people including children and women...
High Commissioner’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
UNHCR is working to dismantle the barriers to opportunities both in our workforce and for refugees, displaced and stateless people.
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