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How UNHCR is Working to Help Refugees This Winter
The coming winter means many refugees face life-threatening danger from freezing temperatures, snow and winds. When winter hits and temperatures drop, refugees are generally the worst affected, stripped of the protection of home and often living in flimsy makeshift...
UNHCR readies aid amid Rohingya refugee surge in Bangladesh
Smoke rises on the Myanmar side of the border, as seen from Palangkhali in Bangladesh on 5 October 2017 – four days before a fresh influx of refugees arrived via the nearby Anjumanpara border crossing. © UNHCR/Roger Arnold The UN Refugee Agency is rushing relief...
Defying screams and gunfire, South Sudanese family flees to safety
For four days, Milly Lagu listened to the terrifying sound of gunfire and watched flames rising from neighbouring villages. When soldiers took away her husband on the fifth day, the fear became too much to bear. Knowing the soldiers would soon return for her two...
Preparations under way for larger Rohingya influx to Bangladesh
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR is working with the Bangladesh authorities on a transit centre to prepare for a...
Grandi highlights needs of refugees in Bangladesh
Praising response so far, UNHCR chief says he has rarely seen people in so much need. GENEVA – Returning from a visit to the region, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi spoke movingly today of the suffering of thousands of Rohingya refugees...
Disease threatens refugees in Bangladesh in unplanned sites
Racing to prevent a ‘disaster within a disaster,’ UNHCR ups vaccine, clean water and sanitation drives in informal Bangladesh settlements. KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP EXTENSION, Bangladesh – It is about 10 steps from mother Khaleda Begum’s flimsy shack to the well where...
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