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Nearly 400 Rohingya refugees receiving assistance in medical facilities in Cox’s Bazar, following two months at sea
At the request of the Government of Bangladesh, UNHCR and partners in Bangladesh are currently providing shelter and assistance for close to 400 Rohingya refugee survivors who disembarked from a boat in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday morning.
Refugee call centre fills gap amid Lebanon’s coronavirus shutdown
With most face-to-face humanitarian programmes now on hold, Lebanon’s largest call centre offers vital support to struggling refugees during COVID-19 lockdown.
Support for internally displaced people needs to be ‘urgently stepped up’
UNHCR’s Sumbul Rizvi reflects on why the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement remain so important, especially amid new dangers posed by coronavirus.
Drawing on Ebola lessons to protect Tanzania camps from coronavirus
Public health officer Miata Tubee Johnson brings her experience tackling the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in Liberia to fight COVID-19 in Tanzania.
Refugees offer medical experience to help tackle coronavirus crisis in France
Many refugees in Europe involved in medicine in their home countries are finding new ways to use their skills to help tackle the coronavirus crisis.
The Council of Europe and UNHCR support Member States in bringing refugee health workers into the COVID-19 response
As many European countries continue to struggle with the unprecedent COVID-19 crisis, the Council of Europe and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today encourage States to benefit from the support refugee health professionals can provide to national health systems at this critical juncture.
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