New safety measures allow Malian refugees to return to camp in Burkina Faso
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has helped 3,000 Malian refugees move back into Burkina Faso’s Goudoubo refugee camp, nine months after insecurity forced them to abandon the site. This month, in 31 convoys of buses and trucks, UNHCR relocated the refugees to Goudoubo...
‘The Nansen Award was one of the most inspiring things in my life’
Nansen Award laureate Zannah Mustapha takes stock of how his life – and those of the children displaced by Boko Haram – has changed since he won the award in 2017. By Roland Schönbauer in Maiduguri, Nigeria Three years ago, Zannah Mustapha was named the winner of...
UNHCR releases supplementary COVID-19 appeal to meet exceptional refugee needs in 2021
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, released today its supplementary appeal for 2021 Covid...
UNHCR airlift supplies to assist thousands of Somalis displaced by Cyclone Gati
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, has rushed humanitarian assistance to thousands of people...
More than 530,000 displaced in Mozambique’s conflict-torn north
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 deeply concerned over the rising number of civilians...
Death threats and gang violence forcing more families to flee northern Central America – UNHCR and UNICEF survey
Death threats, gang recruitment, extortion and other forms of targeted violence are driving more families in northern Central America to flee their homes and seek safety in other countries, a new UNHCR and UNICEF survey reveals today. Nearly 20 per cent of over 3,100...
Cash assistance lessens economic pain of COVID in Jordan
As World Bank-UNHCR study reveals jump in poverty among refugees and host communities during pandemic, cash programmes that offset impact must be scaled up in 2021. By Lilly Carlisle in Amman, Jordan When the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Jordan back in March,...
A cookbook for the holidays celebrates the flavours that make us who we are
In ‘Tastes from Home: Recipes from the Refugee Community,’ people from all over the world who now call Canada home share their stories and favourite recipes. By Hannah Scott in Toronto When Anuarite Manyoha, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),...