Refugee education in crisis: More than half of the world’s school-age refugee children do not get an education
Of the 7.1 million refugee children of school age, 3.7 million – more than half – do not go to school, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says in a report released today. The report, Stepping Up: Refugee Education in Crisis, shows that as refugee children grow...
Cash for shelter programme empowers refugees and their hosts in Kenya
Cash assistance in Kenya’s Kalobeyei settlement allows refugees to build their own homes with materials bought from the local community. By Catherine Wachiaya in Kalobeyei settlement, Kenya When South Sudanese mother Florence Idiongo joined thousands of refugees...
Thousands of DR Congo refugees head home to Kasai region from Angola
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. An estimated 8,500 refugees have spontaneously left the Lóvua settlement in Angola’s...