The Rohingya: Two years later
In 2017, an outbreak of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State triggered a mass exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees—an ethnic minority group of mostly Muslims displaced from their home in Myanmar. The Rohingya are the world’s largest group of stateless people...
Rohingya girls leave lasting impression with Canadian staffer on first UNHCR misson
“It was very emotional” By Dominique Hyde, as told to Lauren La Rose Ottawa native Dominique Hyde has spent more than two decades dedicated to front-line humanitarian work, with organizations including UNICEF and UN’s World Food Programme. She met with...
Refugee Housing Units provide a better shelter solution
An innovative solution offering dignified and safe shelter for refugees Conflict, violence and persecution forces families all over the world to leave everything behind and start over in a new country. Traumatized and exhausted after the ordeals they endure, refugees...
How improved water access is changing lives in Bangladesh
After arriving in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees found themselves living in crowded areas, coping with strained sanitation infrastructure and water supplies. Sura and her family were among them. Like thousands of Rohingya, she was forced to...
Surviving devastation: The aftermath of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth
UNHCR delivers emergency aid to help survivors rebuild More than 200,00 people displaced 3 million people in the region were affecteed 3,500 cases of cholera identified in Mozambique Approximately 6,000 refugees affected in the Tongogara refugee camp in Zimbabwe...
Watershed moment as countries step forward to tackle global statelessness
In a historic moment in the global fight against statelessness, more than 85 governments, civil society and international and regional organizations have this week pledged hundreds of new commitments to end statelessness, a major cause of human rights deprivations for...
Conflict, violence in Burkina Faso displaces nearly half a million people
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrew Mbogori – 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 joining its partners to warn about the unfolding...
Second life-saving evacuation of vulnerable refugees from Libya lands in Rwanda
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. At around 11:20pm last night, a group of some 123 vulnerable refugees arrived at...