UNHCR appeals to save 185 people, mostly children and women, in distress at sea around Nicobar Islands
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on regional coastal authorities for urgent action to save a reported 185 desperate people on board a boat in distress, last heard to be near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Among those onboard are around 70 children and 88...
Displacement crisis in Sudan deepens as fighting spreads
This is a summary of what was said by Wiliam Spindler – 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 concerned at the deepening forced displacement crisis in Sudan and...
Young Togolese refugee youth leader advocates for quality education in Ghana
Louange Koffi achieved her childhood dream of becoming a nurse in Ghana. She now advocates for quality health and education for the displaced. By Omer Elnaiem in Accra, Ghana Growing up in a remote refugee camp in western Ghana, Louange Koffi vividly recalls how...