UNHCR, IOM and partners appeal for US$1.72 billion for refugees and migrants from Venezuela
Joint UNHCR-IOM Press Release GENEVA – The Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V), co-led by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), is today launching a US$1.72 billion...
Indigenous community in Uganda seeks an end to their statelessness
After decades of statelessness, the Benet community in Uganda are struggling to survive and access basic services like education and health care. By Tukundane Yonna in Mount Elgon, Uganda | 01 December 2022 Moses Mwanga Kapchekwengu sits on an old rocking chair...
UNHCR’s Grandi highlights humanitarian needs of forcibly displaced people during Kuwait visit
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has concluded a two-day visit to the State of Kuwait with a call for more support to assist vulnerable refugees and displaced people, with displacement numbers at an all-time high of 103 million and in a time of...
To my Mom, who inspired me to achieve my dreams
In this occasional series, we feature letters from people to refugees who have shaped their lives. Solange Ingabire, 22, writes to her Mom, who raised her in Kiziba refugee camp, Rwanda, after fleeing the threat of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in...
Uganda’s refugee response confronted by dire funding gap
This is a summary of what was said by Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams, UNHCR’s Head of Global Communications – 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 calling for urgent support...
UNHCR urges greater support as violence continues unabated in Burkina Faso
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in Burkina Faso, Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde – 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 warning of escalating...
With refugee girls in Houston, Liza Koshy hears of survival, perseverance– and gratitude
UNHCR high profile supporter, actor, and producer, Liza Koshy, meets four resettled refugee girls in her hometown of Houston, Texas, during Thanksgiving week. By Andrea Mucino-Sanchez | 25 November 2022 The laughter around the Thanksgiving table was bubbly and...
Food shortages and aid cuts put more displaced women at risk of gender-based violence
Around the world, forcibly displaced women and girls are bearing the brunt of deteriorating economies, rising prices and a lack of funding for humanitarian responses. By Kristy Siegfried | 25 November 2022 Roda Jock*, a 28-year-old South Sudanese refugee who fled to...