Refugee nurse on the front line against coronavirus in Iran
After earning a nursing degree on a UNHCR scholarship, Iraqi nurse Moheyman is working tirelessly to assist Iranians and fellow refugees in current COVID-19 crisis. By Farha Bhoyroo in Tehran, Iran Doctors and nurses wearing surgical masks and gloves dash in and out...
UNHCR warns chronic lack of resources contributing to new crisis in Burkina Faso
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, has warned more lives are at a risk in Burkina Faso’s...
UNHCR stepping up coronavirus prevention measures for displaced across East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa
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 ramping up efforts to increase capacity to prevent,...
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...