UNHCR concerned by returns from Malaysia to Myanmar amid ongoing conflict
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned by Malaysia’s recent return of 1,476 people to Myanmar amid the country’s continuing conflict and dire human rights and humanitarian situation. “We are concerned by these returns at a time when people sent back to...
UNHCR sounds the alarm as 8.3 million risk losing their lifeline
GENEVA – Continued severe funding cuts are pushing refugee support and protection structures towards breaking point in the world’s main displacement situations, forcing UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to scale back core programmes, leaving millions without the support...
UNHCR: In its fourth year, Sudan conflict drives new displacement into Chad as funding falls short
This is a summary of what was said by Mamadou Dian Balde, UN Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Sudan Situation and UNHCR Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations...