Millions need urgent humanitarian assistance in eastern DR Congo
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – 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 alarmed by violence committed against civilians by...
Climate change fuels clashes in Cameroon that force thousands to flee
Dwindling water supplies are at the root of fighting between herders and fishermen that have driven thousands to flee both within Cameroon and into Chad. By Aristophane Ngargoune in Oundouma, Chad Under normal circumstances, small boats criss-cross the Logone River,...
Five footballs designed by young artists will raise funds for refugee sports programmes
Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced the winners of the second annual Youth with Refugees Art Contest, which celebrated the power of sport to bring people together. Five of the winning designs are featured on footballs available for sale online and proceeds...
Hawa Hassan and Mindy Kaling team up to make a Somali pasta dish on BuzzFeed Tasty
Somali home-cook Hawa Hassan guides actor, producer and UNHCR supporter, Mindy Kaling, through how to make Suugo Suqaar, a spicy Somali pasta dish. It is no secret that food has the power to bring people and communities together. Cooking opens up conversations about...
Five footballs designed by young artists will raise funds for refugee sports programmes
Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced the winners of the second annual Youth with Refugees Art Contest, which celebrated the power of sport to bring people together. Five of the winning designs are featured on footballs available for sale online and proceeds...
Lockdown learners: Refugee students on challenges during pandemic
To understand the challenges refugee students faced as the coronavirus swept around the world, we asked two members of the Canada-based Refugee Education Council – one in Lima, Peru, and one in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya – to quiz each other about how they had...
Critical gaps in refugee education: two thirds of refugee youth might never get to secondary school
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for an international effort to guarantee secondary education for refugee children and youth, as levels of school and university enrolment remain critically low. The call comes as UNHCR launches its 2021 Education...
We decide how to treat refugees – it’s dehumanizing to deprive them of an education
US author and vlogger John Green says learning opportunities for refugee children are utterly inadequate, and the world must acknowledge their right to an education. By John Green It has been a few years since I first met some of the millions of Syrians forced to flee...