UNHCR’s Grandi urges redoubled support for Rohingya refugees, host communities in Bangladesh
DHAKA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appealed today for sustained and predictable support for Rohingya refugees and their local host communities in Bangladesh, while emphasizing the need to maintain refugees’ hopes for...
UNHCR: Ukraine, other conflicts push forcibly displaced total over 100 million for first time
Figure must ‘serve as a wake-up call’ for more action to promote peace and address all causes of forced displacement, says UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi GENEVA – The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations...
Young people in Myanmar’s Rakhine State tackle ethnic divisions
By Reuben Lim Wende in Sittwe, Myanmar Youth groups made up of Rakhine and Rohingya members are coming up with solutions to shared challenges in Myanmar’s ethnically divided Rakhine State. On a blue-sky winter’s day in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, hundreds of...