UNHCR expands support to refugees and host communities in Brazil as COVID-19 takes its toll
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is stepping up efforts in Brazil to protect tens of...
Refugee health workers lead COVID-19 battle in Bangladesh camps
Trained community health workers – all of them Rohingya refugees – refer suspected COVID-19 patients in the settlements for testing and care. By Areez Tanbeen Rahman and Iffath Yeasmine in Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh Saidul Karim spends his days moving...
US$20 million for Sahel drive to curb COVID-19
African Development Bank, UNHCR and G5 Sahel pledge to back effort to curb coronavirus’ impact on refugees and their hosts. ABIDJAN / GENEVA / NOUAKCHOTT– Public health and wellbeing of refugees and the host communities in Sahel are at the heart of the latest...