UNHCR calls for urgent support to sustain refugee protection and returnee reintegration in Burundi
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is renewing its call for urgent funding to scale up lifesaving aid in Burundi, warning that the country is under intensifying humanitarian pressure as it hosts over 90,000 refugees who have escaped conflict in the Democratic...
UNHCR: Escalating violence in eastern DR Congo deepens humanitarian crisis in Burundi
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR’s Representative in Burundi, Brigitte Mukanga-Eno – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply alarmed by the...
UNHCR’s Grandi calls for urgent international support to help refugees returning home in DR Congo and Rwanda
GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, urging greater international support for peace in the region and humanitarian efforts so that refugees and...