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Our frequent updates from our staff in the field, about our work, and the people we help, play an important role in keeping staff, media, the public and our donors informed.
Ukrainian UNHCR workers in Poland offer help and solace to refugees
Dmytro and Svitlana were living in Kraków when refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine began arriving. As protection monitors, they are not only UNHCR’s ‘eyes and ears’, but also provide comfort and vital information to refugees.
UNHCR urges states to keep borders open to Sudanese, suspend negative asylum decisions
Concerned by the ongoing hostilities in Sudan, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has issued a new position on returns to the country. It advises that people fleeing the conflict in Sudan, as well as Sudanese nationals who are outside the country and cannot return because of the conflict, may be in need of international refugee protection under international and regional legal frameworks.
UNHCR: Sudan refugee response will need $445 million for rising numbers fleeing Sudan
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today that it is planning for an outflow of 860,000 refugees and returnees from Sudan and, with partners, will require US$445 million to support the displaced until October.
Rohingya refugee women gain skills and a voice making eco-friendly products
The Jute Bag Production Centre in Kutapalong camp gives refugee women a means to provide for their families and feel less isolated.
Widowed Sudanese mother endures four-day route to safety in Egypt
When fighting erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, 25-year-old Arafa was at home alone with her two young children. Panicked by the sounds of shooting and warplanes flying overhead, she tried calling her husband at work but could not reach him.
UNHCR, partners scale-up relief efforts as cross-border movements from Sudan increase
This is a summary of what was said by Olga Sarrado Mur, UNHCR Spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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