Asmir Begović and Alphonso Davies compete online to aid coronavirus response
The two football stars, both former refugees, will go head to head in eFootball PES2020 contest for UNHCR’s COVID-19 appeal. Renowned AC Milan goalkeeper Asmir Begović and FC Bayern Munich’s teenage sensation Alphonso Davies are set to go head to head in an eFootball...
‘If COVID-19 arrives in the camp, it will be devastating’
Rohingya refugee Saidul Hoque describes how life in the refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar has changed since a lockdown started to halt the spread of the coronavirus. By Saidul Hoque, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Since 9 April, almost 860,000 Rohingya refugees in...
COVID-19: UNHCR warns of severe implications for annual monsoon response in Bangladesh
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today of life-threatening consequences if annual...
Massive floods in DRC’s South Kivu impact 80,000 people, kill dozens
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – 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 working with local authorities and partners to...
As COVID-19 pandemic continues, forcibly displaced children need more support than ever
Joint statement by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, and Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees GENEVA / NEW YORK – Millions of children around the world have been driven from their homes and across borders by conflict, violence and other forms of...
Displaced and stateless women and girls at heightened risk of gender-based violence in the coronavirus pandemic
Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes, the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Gillian Triggs,...
An urgent call to fund the global emergency supply system to fight COVID-19
Dear donor community, Humanity is collectively facing its most daunting challenge since the Second World War. COVID-19 knows no borders, spares no country or continent, and strikes indiscriminately. By all accounts, we are at least 12 months away from a vaccine. In...
Help arrives on three wheels for displaced Yemeni recyclers
After losing his home and business in Yemen’s conflict, Said is among 90 displaced recyclers whose earnings have doubled after receiving new tricycles from UNHCR. By Marie-Joelle Jean-Charles in Aden, Yemen Said pedals his bright red tricycle through the dusty back...