After 4 months of war, humanitarian leaders urge action to end the tragedy in Sudan
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 15 August 2023 – For four gruesome months, the people of Sudan have been engulfed in a war that is destroying their lives and their homeland, and violating their basic human rights....
UNHCR, UNICEF, IOM: deepest condolences for those involved in yet another shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea
Coordinated search and rescue mechanisms and expansion of safer and regular pathways for migration and asylum needed ROME – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and UNICEF express their deepest condolences for the loss of...
UNHCR helps Indigenous Venezuelans to stay on their lands
The Pemón people are the guardians of an immense nature reserve in southeastern Venezuela. But poverty is pushing many off their traditional lands By Jenny Barchfield in San Francisco de Paraitepuy, Venezuela The cluster of cabins at the far end of San Francisco de...
Health conditions worsen as displacement from Sudan conflict exceeds 4 million
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva GENEVA — With more than 4 million people now forcibly displaced by the Sudan crisis,...
Syrian refugee family starts over again in Spain after Türkiye earthquakes
Six months after losing everything during the devastating earthquakes that hit southeastern Türkiye, a Syrian refugee family are making a new life in the Spanish city of Seville By Zahra Mackaoui and María Jesús Vega Pascual in Seville, Spain It was a Sunday like any...
Families fleeing insecurity in DR Congo make neighbouring Republic of the Congo their new home
In Ngabé, local residents share what little they have with refugees from the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo By Cyprien Cheval in Ngabé, Republic of the Congo At dawn, Gaëlle sets out on foot for the bakery in the small town of Ngabé, in south-eastern...
In the Central African Republic, Sudanese refugees start new lives alongside host communities
After fleeing Sudan’s conflict, refugees are finding shelter, support, and safety in Korsi, a new neighbourhood in the northern city of Birao By Josselin Brémaud and Xavier Bourgois in Birao, Central African Republic “I left with just my children and the clothes on...
Displaced families in Myanmar brace for monsoon season in cyclone aftermath
In hard-hit Rakhine State, heavy rains will bring further hardships for hundreds of thousands of displaced people whose homes were damaged by Cyclone Mocha By Reuben Lim Wende and Fabien Faivre in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar Each year, between June and October,...