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...
On Oscars night, Hollywood stars show solidarity #WithRefugees
By UNHCR Staff With themes of displacement and loss featuring in many of the nominated films, celebrities at the ceremony and online shone a light on refugee crises in Ukraine and beyond. On Sunday night, as the eyes of the world turned to Los Angeles and the 2022...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for immediate end to Ukraine war, which has uprooted over 10 million people
Lviv, Ukraine – Visiting Ukraine for the first time since the Russian military offensive, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appealed today in the strongest terms for an end to the war, while calling on the international community to provide sustained...
Cash offers a lifeline to refugees from Ukraine arriving in Poland
By Kristy Siegfried in Warsaw, Poland Cash assistance is allowing refugees from Ukraine to make their own decisions about what they need most after arriving in Poland and other countries in the region. Eleven days after the war in Ukraine started, a bomb fell on the...
Football unites in global appeal for the United Nations response to Ukraine
As the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine approaches four million, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and World Food Programme (WFP) launch the Football for Ukraine Emergency Appeal’ Geneva, London, Rome – Six leading footballers, three of whom are former refugees, are...
A month since the start of the war, almost a quarter of Ukraine’s population are displaced
This is a summary of what was said by Karolina Lindholm Billing, UNHCR’s Representative to Ukraine – to whom quoted text may be attributed – speaking from Lviv to today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Over the past month, everything has changed...
Blanket delivery offers some warmth for refugees waiting to cross Ukraine border
As conflict deepens suffering inside Ukraine, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scaling up cross-border aid from Poland with the support of partners like NEEKA. By Matthew Saltmarsh in Shehyni, Ukraine With temperatures recently plummeting on the Poland-Ukraine border,...