UNHCR appeals for US$ 186 million for refugee and displacement crisis in Sahel
By Geneva/Dakar UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today launched a US$ 186 million appeal to mainly provide lifesaving protection and assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and host communities in the central Sahel region. The appeal...
UNHCR calls on Greece to investigate pushbacks at sea and land borders with Turkey
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 urging Greece to investigate multiple reports of...
Young Ivorian artist designs 2020 World Refugee Day emoji
Graphic designer O’Plérou made world headlines with 365 emojis that change the way people see Africa. Now he has turned his creative spotlight onto refugees. By Pauline Eluère in Geneva UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has partnered with Twitter and young Ivorian artist...
Time running out for civilians in Africa’s Sahel region as attacks multiply
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is alarmed over escalating violence in the Sahel region which has seen hundreds of innocent civilians targeted in recent weeks, triggered more displacement and is seriously hindering humanitarian activities. Attacks by armed groups and...
South Sudanese refugees make tippy taps to promote hygiene in DRC camps
A simple yet effective hygiene initiative is helping refugees make their own handwashing devices to fight COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. By Alexandra Stenbock-Fermor and Jean-Jacques Soha in Bele, Democratic Republic of the Congo A plastic jerrycan...
As COVID-19 and conflict surge, DR Congo displaced face deadly consequences of chronic underfunding
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. Massive funding gaps are threatening hundreds of thousands of lives in the Democratic...
Restoring Sudan’s forest cover, one tree at a time
Refugees and their hosts together plant one million trees in a massive reforestation drive in the White Nile State in Sudan. By Sylvia Nabanoba and Vanessa Zola in Kosti, Sudan A thick rubber pipe snakes its way from Sudan’s White Nile River for over two kilometres,...
UNHCR: Help us protect the environment to protect refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, joins the U.N. Environmental Programme in observing World Environment Day today. “Climate change and environmental issues are closely intertwined with refugee movements and internal displacement,” said UNHCR’s Special Advisor on Climate...