Data reveals impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods and futures
Poor and vulnerable communities across the world, including the forcibly displaced, struggle with the pandemic’s far-reaching consequences. By UNHCR staff The devastating impact of COVID-19 on refugees, the internally displaced and the stateless is laid bare by...
Refugees receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Jordan
Jordan has become one of the world’s first countries to start COVID-19 vaccinations for refugees, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reports today. Raia Alkabasi, an Iraqi refugee living in the northern city of Irbid, was the first UNHCR-registered refugee in the country...
Q&A: ‘Including refugees in the vaccine rollout is key to ending the pandemic’
Mike Woodman of UNHCR’s Public Health Section explains how the organization is working to ensure millions of forcibly displaced people worldwide are protected from the COVID-19 virus. By Tim Gaynor UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working to ensure that some 80...