Sony provides the first major corporate contribution to UNHCR’s COVID-19 appeal
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Sony Corporation’s announcement of establishing “Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19”, through which a US$3 million contribution will be made to help protect refugees from the threat of this pandemic. This is the first major...
Libya: humanitarian crisis worsening amid deepening conflict and COVID-19 threat
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. One year since the launch of a military offensive in Tripoli, Libya, fighting is...
Scouts take refugee solidarity online during coronavirus crisis
The worldwide movement of Scouts has long supported UNHCR. Now that support is being renewed and deepened, even in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg in London Every year, young people in the global scouting movement gather for days of action....
UNHCR expresses alarm over insecurity in Burkina Faso
Attacks by armed groups force Malian refugees to leave camp and return home while coronavirus adds new element of insecurity to Sahel crisis By UNHCR staff in Geneva and Bamako, Mali UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today expressed alarm over growing insecurity in...
Insecurity in Burkina Faso forces thousands of Malian refugees to leave camp
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, remains extremely alarmed at growing insecurity in...
Syrian refugees adapt to life under coronavirus lockdown in Jordan camps
While there have been no cases of COVID-19 so far, UNHCR is helping some 120,000 refugees living in region’s largest camps do what they can to mitigate threat. By Charlie Dunmore and Rima Cherri in Amman, Jordan On a sunny afternoon, the usually bustling main...
Venezuelan doctor gives coronavirus tips to Ecuador’s most vulnerable
Early in March, before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, Samuel Suárez was already giving at-risk Ecuadorans in rural areas lifesaving tips to avoid infection. By Jaime Giménez in San Francisco, Ecuador Armed with a poster and flyers in his hand and a stethoscope...
Refugees and migrants from Venezuela during COVID-19 crisis: as needs soar more inclusive measures and aid are essential
Joint UNHCR-IOM Press Release With the coronavirus pandemic testing health care systems around the world, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration, are calling attention to the challenges facing refugees and migrants from...