UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visits Iraq, calls for international leadership to end suffering
DOHUK, Iraq, January 25 (UNHCR)– The UN refugee agency’s Special Envoy Angelina Jolie is in Dohuk, Iraq, visiting Syrian refugees and displaced Iraqi citizens in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to offer support to 3.3 million displaced people in the country and...
Building a Camp: a measured response to Iraqi displacement
AL WAND 2 CAMP, Iraq, January 15 (UNHCR) – Chris Nixon takes measured, large strides across the swathe of desert that has been flattened and pushed into something resembling a sandy football pitch. “Sixty meters is the length of a plot,” he calls over his shoulder,...UNHCR study shows rapid deterioration in living conditions of Syrian refugees in Jordan
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres says large numbers of Syrian refugees are sliding into abject poverty, and at an alarming rate, due to the magnitude of the crisis and insufficient support from the international community. He made the statement at...
More than 7,000 flee to western Chad to escape attacks on key town in Nigeria
DAKAR, Senegal, January 9 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday reported that some 7,300 Nigerian refugees have arrived in western Chad in the past 10 days, fleeing attacks by insurgents on Baga town and surrounding villages in north-east Nigeria. A spokesperson...
Refugees caught in heavy snow as storms lash Lebanon and Jordan
GENEVA, January 7 (UNHCR) –Thousands of refugees across Lebanon and Jordan have been struggling to keep warm and protect their shelters this week as severe winter storms bring plummeting temperatures, heavy snow, strong winds and lashing rain to the region. UNHCR...
Italian football great Franco Baresi opens sports centre in Lebanon for UNHCR
TRIPOLI, Lebanon, December 19 (UNHCR) – AC Milan legend Franco Baresi has opened a renovated sports centre in the Lebanon city of Tripoli under a UNHCR project aimed at helping young Syrian refugees overcome trauma and make friends with Lebanese children. The AC Milan...
Displaced Iraqis seek safety and aid in camps as winter falls
ARBAT, Iraq, December 30 (UNHCR) – More than 3,000 internally displaced Iraqis are living in Arbat camp three months after it opened to shelter to some of the 2 million people uprooted by conflict in northern and central Iraq in 2014. They comprise some 660 families,...
5 Things You Should Know About The #CARcrisis
Violence in Central African Republic continues to flare and drive hundreds of thousands of terrified families from their homes. Here are 5 things to know. 1. How long has it been happening? A history of military coups and rebellion in the Central African Republic...