Ongoing insecurity in eastern DRC could derail coronavirus containment
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is warning that the latest rounds of violence in eastern...
Refugee call centre fills gap amid Lebanon’s coronavirus shutdown
With most face-to-face humanitarian programmes now on hold, region’s largest call centre offers vital support to struggling refugees during COVID-19 lockdown. By Rima Cherri in Jal El Dib, Lebanon In a large, open-plan office on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital,...
Support for internally displaced people needs to be ‘urgently stepped up’
UNHCR’s Sumbul Rizvi reflects on why the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement remain so important, especially amid new dangers posed by coronavirus. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Millions of people are forced to flee their homes each year because of conflict or...