UN refugee head meets Homs’ displaced on Syria visit
Filippo Grandi witnesses ‘immense’ scale of urgent humanitarian and reconstruction needs. HOMS, Syria – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today witnessed at first-hand what he termed the immense scale of urgent humanitarian needs in Homs, Syria, while...UNHCR Alarmed at Impact of U.S. Refugee Program Suspension
GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is deeply worried by the uncertainty facing thousands of refugees around the world who are in the process of being resettled to the United States. This week alone, over 800 refugees were set to make America...
Trapped Mosul civilians in dire need of relief
Fleeing residents highlight danger, lack of food and water for hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain trapped in militant-held areas of Iraq’s second largest city. MOSUL, Iraq – As darkness fell over Mosul, Saad*, 45, put his injured son on his back and...