Afghan human rights advocate helps Portuguese city embrace fellow refugees
As an intercultural mediator, Sediqa helps acclimate her compatriots to life in a small Portuguese city that is committed to welcoming refugees and migrants By Jenny Barchfield in Fundão, Portugal For Sediqa, her work back in her native Afghanistan was more than a...
High Commissioner’s statement to the United Nations Security Council
Thank you, Mr President, Our latest figures speak of 114 million refugees and displaced people around the world: 114 million! This is surely a tangible but sometimes neglected symptom of the world’s current extreme disorder, and including this yearly discussion in...
World Cities Day 2023: Global cities embrace refugees to boost economic growth and social inclusion
GENEVA – In just over a month, mayors of cities around the world will attend the Global Refugee Forum – the world’s largest international gathering on refugee issues – to pledge to deliver economic and social inclusion plans that enable refugees to rebuild their lives...
High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
Mr Chairman, We have all watched in shock the events in Israel and Gaza over the past four weeks including the devastating bombing of Jabalia refugee camp today. I echo the calls of the Secretary-General for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, unhindered humanitarian...
Sudanese refugees in Egypt fret as needs outstrip assistance
With more than 317,000 refugees from the conflict in Sudan facing rising levels of hardship in Egypt, a shortage of funding is hampering efforts by UNHCR and its partners to provide help By Firas Al-Khateeb and Nawar Eltahtawy in Cairo, Egypt Near the small apartment...
Sudanese youth and refugee volunteers team up to help people fleeing Khartoum
A local youth group in the city of Wad Madani converted their former primary school into a shelter for people forced to flee Sudan’s capital. When hundreds of people fleeing fighting in Khartoum started flocking to his hometown of Wad Madani, about 130 kilometres...
Midwifery programme tackles Afghanistan’s high maternal and infant mortality rates
In remote rural villages, difficulties in reaching health services and trained health staff are life-threatening for mothers and their infants By Caroline Gluck in Bamyan province, Central Highlands, Afghanistan Speaking from her one-room, mud-built house in the...
UNHCR: Forced displacement continues to grow as conflicts escalate
War and violence drove global displacement to an estimated 114 million by the end of September 2023 GENEVA – The number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights violations globally is likely to have exceeded 114 million at the end of...