Urgent help needed in Malawi to rebuild lives wrecked by Tropical Storm Ana
By Rumbani Msiska in Lilongwe, Malawi More than 190,000 people who lost or fled their homes during the January storm remain displaced inside the country, living in sites that often lack basic necessities. It had been a typical day for 70-year-old Edesi Waiti and her...
Spiraling costs, surging conflict, and soaring climate disasters create a desperate future for millions of refugees across Eastern Africa
WFP and UNHCR Joint News Release NAIROBI – Millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle due to humanitarian resources being stretched to the limit as the world grapples with a toxic cocktail of conflict,...
Statement on risks of trafficking and exploitation facing refugees from Ukraine
The following statement is attributed to Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection The Ukrainian refugee crisis is a protection crisis for women and children – they account for 90 per cent of all those fleeing from Ukraine across the...
Mixed emotions for family partially reunited after fleeing Tigray conflict
By Abdulkhaliq Khalif in Hamdayet, Sudan A bittersweet reunion for an Ethiopian mother and her daughter after months of separation Letha was seven months pregnant when she made the difficult decision to leave her home in Ethiopia’s western Tigray region without all of...
Our Guide to Donating Stocks and Securities to Help Ukraine
Did you know that cash donations are not the only way to support UNHCR? Making a gift of publicly traded securities to UNHCR today—or in the future in your Will — offers you the chance to support refugees in need, while being more tax-advantageous for you. In fact,...
UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner lauds solidarity of Romania and the Republic of Moldova towards Ukrainian refugees
Concluding a week-long visit to Romania and the Republic of Moldova, Raouf Mazou expressed his appreciation for the remarkable solidarity displayed in both countries towards people fleeing Ukraine. “In the past days, I have witnessed first-hand the generosity that has...
UNHCR redoubles its aid inside Ukraine and the region
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The war in Ukraine has triggered one of the fastest-growing displacement and...
Ukrainian volunteer rallies village to welcome displaced families
By Victoria Andrievska in Velykyi Bereznyi, Ukraine As families fled west to escape fighting, Rymma Mytrak came up with a plan and with help from her neighbours opened a shelter for 80 people within days. In late February, when Rymma Mytrak saw reports of...