US$20 million for Sahel drive to curb COVID-19
African Development Bank, UNHCR and G5 Sahel pledge to back effort to curb coronavirus’ impact on refugees and their hosts. ABIDJAN / GENEVA / NOUAKCHOTT– Public health and wellbeing of refugees and the host communities in Sahel are at the heart of the latest...
Young artists drew a world where kindness defeats COVID-19 – We animated it
UNHCR asked youth to draw in solidarity with refugees amid the pandemic. We received 2,000 drawings from 100 countries, chose seven and brought them to life. ‘Refugee superhero’ Noémie, 16, France “This contest caught my attention for its goal to inspire hope and...
Winners announced for UNHCR Youth with Refugees Art Contest
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the winners of its first-ever Youth with Refugees Art Contest. More than 2,000 participants from 100 countries submitted drawings and comic strips. One in four participants were themselves refugees or asylum-seekers....
Afghan doctor helps refugees fight COVID-19, one phone call at a time
Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran, Afghan refugee Fezzeh Hosseini has been working tirelessly to help local and Afghan patients affected by the virus. By Farha Bhoyroo At the end of a long shift, once the waiting area has been emptied of its stream of...
‘With this law, I will finally get a sense of how it is to exist’
A new statelessness determination procedure in Ukraine gives people without identity documents the right to work, study and access health care. By Victoria Andrievska in Kyiv, Ukraine Despite having cancer, Olena Miryasheva was denied access to health care: she could...
UNHCR welcomes new Ukrainian statelessness law set to end legal limbo for thousands
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes a new statelessness law in Ukraine which came...
UNHCR helps re-open health centre during lockdown in Libya
With new equipment and training, the facility provides free healthcare and protection services to a population of 30,000 – including Libyans, refugees and migrants. By Caroline Gluck in Tripoli, Libya New parents, Alhadi, a refugee from Sudan, and his Somali wife,...
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on U.S. asylum changes
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about planned changes to the asylum system in the United States. We are worried that the proposed “Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal, Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review”, currently being...