Cash assistance helps refugee families brave harsh winter weather
Tarek Al Haddad is a field associate who works closely with refugees in the Akkar district in Northern Lebanon. He has worked for UNHCR since 2012 and has seen first-hand the vulnerability of many refugee families when facing the freezing winter in the region. Here he...
Critical UNHCR aid reaches over 150,000 displaced people in Yemen
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. Amid rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Yemen, UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
Refugee Olympic Team to compete at Tokyo 2020
International Olympic Committee announces a refugee team will again compete, following historic debut at Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. By Lorey Campese and Claire Lewis in Buenos Aires, Argentina A Refugee Olympic Team will compete in the Tokyo 2020 Games, following the...