Surviving devastation: The aftermath of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth
UNHCR delivers emergency aid to help survivors rebuild More than 200,00 people displaced 3 million people in the region were affecteed 3,500 cases of cholera identified in Mozambique Approximately 6,000 refugees affected in the Tongogara refugee camp in Zimbabwe...
UNHCR urges Europe to allow 507 rescued passengers to disembark
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today calling on European governments to allow the immediate disembarkation of 507 people recently rescued on the Central Mediterranean who remain stranded at sea. Many are reportedly survivors of appalling abuses in Libya and are from...
UNHCR concerned at new measures impacting rescue at sea in the Central Mediterranean
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley – 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 concerned about last night’s decision by the Italian...