People carry their belongings in a street flooded by the Niger River in the Kirkissoye neighbourhood in Niamey, Niger, on August 27, 2020. © AFP/Boureima […]
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Floods drive over 650,000 Somalis from their homes in 2020
Somalis driven from the Lower Shabelle region by fear of airstrikes sit under a tree at a site for internally displaced people near Mogadishu, March […]
UNHCR Global COVID-19 Emergency Response, 24 April 2020
Highlights ■ As of 22 April, according to WHO, more than 200 countries and territories have confirmed COVID-19 infections, including many fragile states. Thus far, […]
UN Refugee Agency steps up COVID-19 preparedness, prevention and response measures
A young girl wears a protective mask in Dhaka, Bangladesh. © Ritzau Scanpix Geneva, 10 March 2020 – The world’s response to the COVID-19 crisis […]
UNHCR Relief Highlights February 2020!
In February 2020, the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) was actively addressing several humanitarian crises globally, including the flooding in Somalia, the ongoing displacement in Yemen, […]
UNHCR Ethiopia Fact Sheet, February 2020
Ethiopia is one of the largest refugeehosting countries in Africa, sheltering 748,448 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of 29 February 2020. UNHCR and ARRA […]
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Yemen: UNHCR Operational Update, 20 February 2020 [EN/AR]
Key figures:24.1 Mpeople in need3.65 M displaced since March 2015Over 80 per cent have been displaced for more than a year66,499 families newly displaced since beginning of […]
Interview: Helping Somali returnees rebuild their lives
nterview with Fartun Mohammed Fartun Mohammed, 24, is a Kenyan-Somali youth activist dedicates her life to help Somali refugees rebuild their lives when they return home. She is […]
Welcome to the UNHCR Relief Website!
Relief is imperative financial or practical assistance given to those in special need or difficulty. UNHCR leads international action to protect people forced to flee […]