Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis benefit from inclusive COVID-19 response
Healthcare facilities in Cox’s Bazar have been treating both Rohingya refugee and Bangladeshi COVID patients. Now, a national vaccination campaign will take the same inclusive approach. By Louise Donovan and Iffath Yeasmine in Cox’s Bazar When the first cases of...
Colombian coroner gives Venezuelans dignified burials
When Venezuelan refugees and migrants cannot afford a decent burial, Sonia Bermúdez ensures they have a final resting place. By Ángela M. Méndez-Triviño in Riohacha, Colombia Over the nearly half-century that she worked in forensics, there was one thing Sonia Bermúdez...
Aid agencies appeal for funding to support over 2 million South Sudanese refugees in dire need
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are appealing for US$1.2 billion to provide...
Inside Syria, millions face destitution after a decade of pain
Compounding crises increase misery for Syrian families trying to pick up the pieces after ten years of conflict, including 6.7 million people still displaced inside the country. By Bathoul Ahmed in Aleppo, Syria In a dimly lit room of the tiny apartment in Aleppo...
First refugees receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Rwanda
Over 400 health service workers and residents of Gashora transit centre get their first jabs, as part of national vaccine plan that covers all refugees and asylum-seekers. By Eugene Sibomana Gashora, RWANDA – On 10 March, Samira Aman, an Ethiopian refugee living in...
A decade on, Syrian refugees mired in ‘silent war’ for survival
As the Syria crisis reaches the 10-year mark, millions of refugees face unprecedented hardship due to rising poverty, lack of opportunity and the impact of COVID-19. By UNHCR Staff In the single damp room where her family of six all sleep together – the air heavy...
A decade of death, destruction and displacement must not sap our solidarity with Syrians
Statement attributable to Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ten years of the Syrian crisis have inflicted unimaginable human suffering and pain. The world has failed Syrians. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, leading a response to one of the...
Violence forces Central African family into exile once more
Less than a year after returning home following a first spell in exile, Paul and his family again sought refuge in DRC following the latest wave of violence in the Central African Republic. By Adrienne Surprenant in Zongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo On 13...