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UNHCR calls for support, solidarity amid rise in risky Andaman Sea crossings
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and humanitarian partners are observing a dramatic increase in the number of people attempting perilous crossings of the Andaman Sea this year.
How to Support Underfunded Emergencies This Holiday Season | UNHCR Canada
With today’s ultra-rapid news cycle, major emergencies can drop off the front page quickly, even as the situation escalates. Fading public awareness can lead to serious shortfalls in funding for relief programs. Underfunding hits every area of UNHCR’s work,...
UNHCR, IOM and partners appeal for US$1.72 billion for refugees and migrants from Venezuela
The Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V), co-led by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), is today launching a US$1.72 billion regional plan to support the ongoing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
Indigenous community in Uganda seeks an end to their statelessness
After decades of statelessness, the Benet community in Uganda are struggling to survive and access basic services like education and health care.
UNHCR’s Grandi highlights humanitarian needs of forcibly displaced people during Kuwait visit
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has concluded a two-day visit to the State of Kuwait with a call for more support to assist vulnerable refugees and displaced people, with displacement numbers at an all-time high of 103 million and in a time of increasingly pressing humanitarian needs.
To my Mom, who inspired me to achieve my dreams
Solange Ingabire, 22, writes to her Mom, who raised her in Kiziba refugee camp, Rwanda, after fleeing the threat of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996. Solange was born four years later in the camp. Now a student in Costa Rica, she recalls the incredible influence her mother has had on her, championing education despite not having had the opportunity to study herself.
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