UNHCR joins response to victims of hurricane in Central America and Mexico
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has deployed teams to assist relief efforts in Central America and southern Mexico, where an estimated three million people have been affected by hurricane and tropical storm Eta, in what is considered to be one of the worst...
Climate change and displacement
How the growing global crisis is forcing millions from their homes By Hannah Scott Twenty years ago, Kutubdia in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district was a fertile land where farmers could grow paddy. Now, because of the effects of climate change, the only crop that can...
UN Human Rights Committee decision on climate change a wake-up call: UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes this week’s ruling of the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand. While the claim to protection by Mr. Teitiota was denied on grounds that he was not at imminent risk, the committee nonetheless...