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UNHCR: New, deadly floods displace over 100,000 in South Sudan; conflict and funding cuts impede aid
South Sudan has been swept into a new cycle of severe flooding, just as renewed conflict threatens a fragile peace, leaving communities in some of the country’s most flood- and conflict-prone states exposed to a double crisis, warns UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
UNHCR’s Grandi calls for increased aid access and funding for Myanmar’s forgotten crisis
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Thursday completed a three-day visit to Myanmar, where he witnessed the grave consequences of unrelenting violence and conflict that have left millions displaced and without homes.
Uganda continues to welcome refugees despite diminishing funds
More than 75,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Uganda, where resources are stretched with crowded schools, inadequate shelter, and limited access to food and health care.
Progress in refugee education at risk from funding cuts, UNHCR warns
Cuts to humanitarian and development aid are putting hard-won recent progress in refugee education at risk, warns UNHCR in the tenth edition of its annual Refugee Education Report, published today.
UNHCR deputy chief calls for support to end displacement for millions of Syrians
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements concluded a five-day visit to Lebanon and Syria with a call to the international community to support efforts to bring peace and stability to Syria, and end the displacement and suffering of millions of Syrians.
UNHCR calls for urgent aid to Afghanistan’s earthquake-hit communities
Following Sunday’s devastating earthquake in Afghanistan, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has scrambled resources to join the response to help devastated communities.
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