Child-trafficking in Mali increasing because of conflict and COVID-19
Conflict, insecurity, COVID-19 and deteriorating economic conditions are leading to a rise in trafficking of children, forced labour and forced recruitment by armed groups in Mali, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is warning today. More cases of child recruitment were...
Humanitarian access urgently needed to reach civilians, Eritrean refugees in Tigray
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 appealing to the federal authorities in Ethiopia for...
Survivors of sexual violence rebuild their lives in the DRC
Over 300 women survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are receiving training and psychosocial support to help them reintegrate into society. By Robert Sibson in Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Hundreds of women are hard at work at the back of a hall,...
Nearly 40 million at heightened risk of violence, discrimination and rights abuses as Covid spawns a ‘coping crisis’
Study reveals a severe deterioration in international efforts to protect the world’s most vulnerable, with human rights violations on the rise. GENEVA – A new report released today by the Norwegian Refugee Council and the UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency-led Global Protection...
‘Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it particularly impacts the displaced’
UNHCR’s Special Advisor on Climate Action, Andrew Harper, outlines how global warming is driving displacement, and why decisive action is vital now. By Tim Gaynor In 2019, weather-related hazards triggered some 24.9 million displacements in 140 countries. Research...
Free e-Cookbook | Tastes from Home: Recipes from the Refugee Community
RESERVE YOUR COPY OF THE FREE E-COOKBOOK Lucila fled El Salvador in 1990, leaving behind a country plagued by civil war where citizens were disappearing. She waited anxiously for five years to come to Canada. When she finally arrived with her two young children, she...
UNHCR chief calls for support for Sudan as it hosts Ethiopian refugees
Filippo Grandi also launches an appeal for nearly US$150 million to help the government of Sudan look after the refugees. By Dana Hughes in Hamdayet, Sudan The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Sunday called for international support for Sudan as the...
UNHCR partners with One World Refugee Film Festival to give refugee stories centre stage in 70th anniversary celebrations
OTTAWA, CANADA, 27 NOVEMBER 2020 – Starting on 1 December to 14 December 2020, UNHCR will be partnering with One World Arts, Amnesty International Canada, CARE Canada and Oxfam Canada to co-present this year’s edition of the One World Film Festival (OWFF), a two-week...