Stakeholders stress the role of development in addressing forced displacement
Development cooperation can deliver lasting protection and solutions for refugees, internally displaced and stateless people, forum participants agree, with inclusive policies proving decisive. By UNHCR Staff | 12 December 2022 GENEVA – UNHCR and other humanitarian...
Young Rohingya volunteers confront gender-based violence in crowded Bangladesh camps
UNHCR-backed programmes are empowering young Rohingya men and women to change the behaviour of their peers. By Matthew Saltmarsh in Kutupalong, Bangladesh | 09 December 2022 For some Rohingya refugees in Kutupalong – the world’s largest refugee camp – nightfall...
UNHCR ramps up assistance to refugees, displaced families in northern Ethiopia as peace returns
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in Ethiopia, Mamadou Dian Balde – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. | 09 December 2022 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is stepping up...
New IFC and UNHCR initiative to boost private sector engagement for refugees and their host communities
GENEVA – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced a joint initiative to create inclusive economic opportunities that will benefit refugees and their host communities. Among other goals, the initiative aims to...
A year from 2023 Global Refugee Forum, UNHCR announces co-convenors
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, confirmed today that six states – Colombia, France, Japan, Jordan, Niger and Uganda – will co-convene, together with UNHCR, the next Global Refugee Forum (GRF), scheduled for December 2023. The forum will continue to...
Lighting up the lives of forcibly displaced people in Mozambique
Charlotte Fatuma, who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2016, now owns a shop in Maratane refugee settlement, Nampula Province, Mozambique. © UNHCRHélène Caux UNHCR is working with development partners and the Government of Mozambique to provide...
Thousands displaced by escalating conflict in South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile Region
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the escalating armed conflict in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state which has displaced at least 20,000 people since August, some of them forced to flee for their lives up to four times as the conflict rages. At least 3,000...
UNHCR receives record support for forcibly displaced people as they face a daunting year
GENEVA – Governments pledged US$ 1.13 billion today to provide help and a lifeline to people displaced from their homes by war, violence and human rights violations, supporting the work of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in 2023. Along with a commitment of US$ 400...