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Somalis flee drought and conflict to Kenya’s Dadaab camps
Some 45,000 Somalis have arrived to Dadaab in 2022 and more are expected to arrive in the coming months, but resources to receive them are stretched.
Stakeholders stress the role of development in addressing forced displacement
Development cooperation can deliver lasting protection and solutions for refugees, internally displaced and stateless people, forum participants agree, with inclusive policies proving decisive.
Young Rohingya volunteers confront gender-based violence in crowded Bangladesh camps
UNHCR-backed programmes are empowering young Rohingya men and women to change the behaviour of their peers.
UNHCR ramps up assistance to refugees, displaced families in northern Ethiopia as peace returns
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is stepping up assistance to conflict-affected populations in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions.
New IFC and UNHCR initiative to boost private sector engagement for refugees and their host communities
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced a joint initiative to create inclusive economic opportunities that will benefit refugees and their host communities. Among other goals, the initiative aims to mobilize private sector projects over the next five years to demonstrate the viability of investments in forced displacement contexts.
A year from 2023 Global Refugee Forum, UNHCR announces co-convenors
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, confirmed today that six states – Colombia, France, Japan, Jordan, Niger and Uganda – will co-convene, together with UNHCR, the next Global Refugee Forum (GRF), scheduled for December 2023. The forum will continue to be hosted by Switzerland and UNHCR, and will be held in Geneva.
Lighting up the lives of forcibly displaced people in Mozambique
UNHCR is working with development partners and the Government of Mozambique to provide electricity to displaced people living in settlements.
Thousands displaced by escalating conflict in South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile Region
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the escalating armed conflict in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state which has displaced at least 20,000 people since August, some of them forced to flee for their lives up to four times as the conflict rages. At least 3,000 people have already fled to neighbouring Sudan, further intensifying South Sudan’s refugee crisis, the largest in Africa.
UNHCR receives record support for forcibly displaced people as they face a daunting year
Governments pledged US$ 1.13 billion today to provide help and a lifeline to people displaced from their homes by war, violence and human rights violations, supporting the work of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in 2023. Along with a commitment of US$ 400 million from UNHCR’s private sector National Partners, the total amount announced is US$ 1.53 billion.
Drought and conflict force 80,000 to flee Somalia for Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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