Displaced people urgently need aid and access to social safety nets as coronavirus causes severe hardship
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented social and economic impact globally....
Malian refugees in Niger make face covers to prevent the coronavirus spread
In Niger, UNHCR-trained artisans and dressmakers stitch up to 40 washable and stylish face covers per day to protect wearers and those around them. By Marlies Cardoen NIAMEY, Niger – Like many Tuareg women, Fatima, 43, learned years ago how to embroider from her...
Refugees across Arab world feel economic pain of coronavirus
As COVID-19 restrictions ravage livelihoods in the global economy, refugees and displaced people in Middle East and North Africa are among the hardest hit. By UNHCR staff Two months ago, life was finally looking up for 33-year-old Mousab, a Syrian refugee living in...