A year after Türkiye-Syria quakes, UNHCR warns of rising humanitarian needs
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A year after the devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria in February 2023, the...
Sudanese youth and refugee volunteers team up to help people fleeing Khartoum
A local youth group in the city of Wad Madani converted their former primary school into a shelter for people forced to flee Sudan’s capital. When hundreds of people fleeing fighting in Khartoum started flocking to his hometown of Wad Madani, about 130 kilometres...
Syrian refugee family starts over again in Spain after Türkiye earthquakes
Six months after losing everything during the devastating earthquakes that hit southeastern Türkiye, a Syrian refugee family are making a new life in the Spanish city of Seville By Zahra Mackaoui and María Jesús Vega Pascual in Seville, Spain It was a Sunday like any...