Global Roundtable charts joint action for protection of forcibly displaced LGBTIQ+ people
Joint UNHCR – IE SOGI press release Geneva – States and those who engage in humanitarian and development work must do more to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) people who are displaced or stateless. To do this,...
For displaced Venezuelans, regularization is the key to building productive lives
Far-reaching regularization schemes in Colombia and Ecuador are providing a lifeline to Venezuelan refugees and migrants who long to become self-sufficient. By Jaime Giménez in Ibarra, Ecuador and Ángela Méndez Triviño in Barranquilla, Colombia In the little house...
UN Refugee Agency releases 2022 resettlement needs
1.47 million refugees will be in need of resettlement next year. This is according to the latest estimates released by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in its Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2022 report issued today. “Despite the pandemic, wars and conflict continue...