Refugees deliver mental health services to locked down camps in Iraq
Trained community workers – many of them refugees themselves – are providing vital mental health support during the COVID-19 outbreak in northern Iraq. By Rasheed Hussein Rasheed in Duhok, northern Iraq Falak Selo knows what the sudden loss of home, country and loved...
Netflix releases Stateless, a new drama series produced by Cate Blanchett
Stateless, a powerful new show co-created and produced by the actor, director and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, explores what it means to lose your home, country and identity. By Sarah Epstein in London A new Netflix limited series out on 8 July dramatizes what it means...
Over 3,000 Congolese refugees arrive in Uganda in three days
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More than 3,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) arrived in...
High-level event seeks sustained support for Afghans, refugee-hosting countries
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with representatives from the Islamic Republics of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, are today calling for renewed partnerships, targeted investments and more international solidarity to address one of the world’s longest-running...
Living amid ruins, Afghans get help to build shelters
Afghanistan’s shortage of decent and affordable housing is one of the biggest challenges facing millions of displaced and returning refugees. A new project is offering some a solution. By Hannah Macdonald and Mohammad Haroon Afghanistan’s shortage of decent and...
UNHCR urges investment in Afghan displacement situation to achieve a decade of hope not despair
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 calling for targeted investments inside Afghanistan...
Refugees and their host communities in India hard hit by coronavirus lockdown
Life was already a struggle for many of the 40,276 refugees registered with UNHCR in India, but the coronavirus pandemic has made their survival even more precarious. By Vatsal Raj in New Delhi, India Nezamudden Linn, a 44-year-old Rohingya refugee who arrived in...
Uganda opens border to thousands fleeing Congo violence
Country lifts COVID-19 closure to admit refugees escaping escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. By Duniya Aslam Khan in Zombo district, Uganda She is sick, she is frail and separated from her family. Emmanuelle Ochaya, 56, has been sleeping...