UNHCR warns of mounting needs in DR Congo as forced displacement continues
This is a summary of what was said by Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection – 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 extremely concerned...
Ukrainian UNHCR workers in Poland offer help and solace to refugees
Dmytro and Svitlana were living in Kraków when refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine began arriving. As protection monitors, they are not only UNHCR’s ‘eyes and ears’, but also provide comfort and vital information to refugees. By Rafał Kostrzyński in Kraków, Poland |...
UNHCR urges states to keep borders open to Sudanese, suspend negative asylum decisions
This is a summary of what was said by Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Concerned by the ongoing hostilities in Sudan, UNHCR, the UN...
UNHCR: Sudan refugee response will need $445 million for rising numbers fleeing Sudan
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today that it is planning for an outflow of 860,000 refugees and returnees from Sudan and, with partners, will require US$445 million to support the displaced until October. The updates were made in a preliminary summary of...
Rohingya refugee women gain skills and a voice making eco-friendly products
The Jute Bag Production Centre in Kutapalong camp gives refugee women a means to provide for their families and feel less isolated. By Kristy Siegfried in Kutapalong, Bangladesh | 03 May 2023 From the outside, the Jute Bag Production Centre is just another...
Widowed Sudanese mother endures four-day route to safety in Egypt
With no time to mourn her husband and no clear plan, Arafa fled Khartoum with her two young children in a desperate bid to escape the deadly clashes and reach safety. By Radwa Sharaf in Cairo, Egypt | 02 May 2023 When fighting erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum,...
UNHCR, partners scale-up relief efforts as cross-border movements from Sudan increase
This is a summary of what was said by Olga Sarrado Mur, UNHCR Spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Over 100,000 refugees are estimated to be among those who have now fled Sudan to...
Alphonso Davies: A New Hope
Farhan Devji writes the biography of Canada’s rising soccer star, Alphonso Davies, born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana. By Rohan Stritch | 28 April 2023 A Vancouver-based author has penned the first biography of Canadian soccer megastar and UNHCR...