UNHCR’s Grandi and UN’s Piper call for renewed focus on Mozambique displacement
GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement, Robert Piper, today called for a renewed international commitment to finding solutions for displaced people in...
UNHCR: Chad fears ‘very real’ prospect of more Sudanese refugee arrivals, needs support
N’DJAMENA, Chad – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is increasingly concerned that more refugees will cross to Chad from Darfur in the coming weeks amid a worrying lack of food and other essentials. Almost a year since the start of the civil war in Sudan, neighbouring...
Humanitarian crisis worsens in northern Mozambique as thousands flee violence
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the escalating humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, as the recent surge in violence by non-state armed groups continues to force thousands of people to flee towards southern districts in...