UNHCR: Needs intensify as 400,000 Syrians return
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Céline Schmitt in Damascus – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – Some 400,000 Syrians have returned from neighbouring countries...
UNHCR: Rapid influx of Congolese refugees strains Uganda’s threadbare resources
DONATE NOW This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in Uganda, Matthew Crentsil – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – Uganda, Africa’s largest refugee host, is witnessing a...
Myanmar quake piles fresh suffering on families fleeing conflict
After his hometown was razed during Myanmar’s long-running conflict, U Than Win is among many who lost everything for a second time when the deadly earthquake struck By Pan Pwint in Mandalay and Yin Yin Myint in Yangon, Myanmar Two years ago, U Than Win and his family...
Aid cuts shut down critical services for Sudanese refugees in Chad
UNHCR and its partners are being forced to close or scale back health, education and other crucial programmes for refugees in Chad due to severe funding shortages By Moulid Hujale in Farchana, eastern Chad Unprecedented cuts in global humanitarian funding are having...
An interview with Tracey Maulfair, UNHCR Representative in Canada
UNHCR Canada is excited to welcome Tracey Maulfair as its new Representative in Canada. With more than two decades of experience within the organization working in multiple countries, she brings a deep commitment to refugee protection and human rights to her new...
UNHCR seeks funding to scale up support to Myanmar’s quake survivors
DONATE NOW 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 appealing for $16 million to assist 1.2...
UNHCR rushes emergency supplies to quake-hit central Myanmar
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. As aftershocks continue to pound central Myanmar following the earthquake on 28 March,...
UNHCR’s Grandi hails launch of Kenya’s landmark refugee inclusion plan
NAIROBI – The Government of Kenya launched a groundbreaking initiative on Friday to improve the lives of more than 830,000 refugees and asylum-seekers and their generous hosts, by transitioning the country’s refugee camps into integrated settlements where refugees and...