Humanitarian crisis worsens in northern Mozambique as thousands flee violence
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the escalating humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, as the recent surge in violence by non-state armed groups continues to force thousands of people to flee towards southern districts in...
Inclusion of noncommunicable disease care in response to humanitarian emergencies will help save more lives
Joint UNHCR/WHO news release GENEVA AND COPENHAGEN – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, are responsible for 75 per cent of deaths worldwide. People affected by humanitarian emergencies are...
Microcredit helps Ukrainian refugees start businesses in Georgia
A programme that provides business mentoring and micro-finance to Ukrainian entrepreneurs is helping them support themselves and other refugees By Nino Kajaia in Batumi, Georgia While strolling through the city centre of Batumi, a port city on Georgia’s Black Sea...
Inclusion of noncommunicable disease care in response to humanitarian emergencies will help save more lives
GENEVA AND COPENHAGEN – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, are responsible for 75 per cent of deaths worldwide. People affected by humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of NCDs....
Refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean benefit local economies, new studies show
PANAMA CITY AND WASHINGTON DC – Forcibly displaced people in Latin America and the Caribbean can contribute significantly to the economies where they live if they have the opportunity, according to two new studies released today by the World Bank (WB), the...
UN Refugee Agency expresses alarm over escalating humanitarian crisis in eastern DR Congo
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Eujin Byun – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned by the worsening humanitarian...
Twice displaced by war in Ukraine, but refusing to give up
Yana Liubymova uses her experience of displacement to support and advocate for other Ukrainians forced to flee By Iryna Tymchyshyn in Kyiv, Ukraine “It feels like you are moving in a tunnel and, at a certain point, can barely control what is happening … You...
Relief for stateless South African man after 25 year-wait for a birth certificate
Years after Tebogo Khoza was refused an ID document, a high court judgement has restored his rights and offered hope to millions of other undocumented South Africans. By Laura Padoan in Pretoria, South Africa As a game keeper in South Africa’s Limpopo Province, Tebogo...