Pace of Ethiopian refugee arrivals in Sudan unseen in the last two decades
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 warning that a full-scale humanitarian crisis is...
Aid urgently needed for Ethiopians streaming into Sudan
Over 27,000 Ethiopians have fled ongoing fighting in the Tigray region for safety in Sudan. Food, shelter and medicine are among urgent requirements. By UNHCR staff in Hamdayet, Sudan When gunfire erupted, Gannite tried to make sense of the scene unfolding in her...
Proud camels and peaceful doves: gifts with meaning
UNHCR’s online marketplace, MADE51, offers ornaments handmade by refugee artisans By Sarah Schafer As a child, Kapya Kitungwa’s father would return home from the Congolese forest lugging pieces of wood. He would chop and carve until the pieces transformed into masks...
IOM and UNHCR carry out joint visit to the Canary Islands amid increasing arrivals
Madrid – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today began a joint visit to the Canary Islands amid an ongoing increase in migrant and refugee arrivals to the archipelago by sea. The objective of the...
First Central African refugees return from DRC since COVID-19 outbreak
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has helped hundreds of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) to return home in recent days – the first such move since the COVID-19 pandemic forced border closures. The voluntary...
Humanitarian crisis deepens amid ongoing clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
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 extremely concerned about the worsening crisis in...
UNHCR joins response to victims of hurricane in Central America and Mexico
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has deployed teams to assist relief efforts in Central America and southern Mexico, where an estimated three million people have been affected by hurricane and tropical storm Eta, in what is considered to be one of the worst...
Civilians bear the brunt of violence in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado
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 concerned about a worsening security situation in Cabo...