Winter threatens Venezuelans unprepared for the cold
As chilly weather steals over South America, vulnerable Venezuelan refugees and migrants brace for added hardship. By Stephanie Rabi Misle in Santiago, Chile, and Emily Álvarez in Lima, Peru Several difficult months after the Díaz family arrived in Chile, following a...
Refugee community networks help detect COVID-19 in Ecuador
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Refugee community networks are helping detect COVID-19 cases in Ecuador, as part of a...
COVID-19 driving Nicaraguan refugees to hunger and desperation
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More than three quarters of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers in Costa Rica are...