Climate crisis fuels flooding and deepens displacement
Climate change is fueling flooding and other forms of extreme weather, causing fresh displacement and making life even harder for people already uprooted from their homes By UNHCR staff In recent weeks, torrential rains in Afghanistan, Brazil and East Africa have...
Thousands still fleeing Sudan daily, after one year of war
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado Mur – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Geneva – A year on, the war in Sudan continues to rage, with the country and its...
UNHCR and partners urge renewed support for South Sudanese refugees with new funding appeal
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with 123 partners, is seeking $1.4 billion this year to meet the needs of 2.3 million South Sudanese refugees living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. A similar...