As many as 427 Rohingya are feared dead in twin boat tragedies two weeks ago near the Myanmar coast. As per The UN High Commissioner […]
Category: Relief News
UNHCR: New displacement and funding squeeze intensify Mozambique crisis
Women whose homes in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province were damaged by Cyclone Chido collect water from a local school in December 2024. © UNHCR/Isadora Zoni […]
UNHCR welcomes arrival of first Afghan refugee families under Brazil’s pioneering Community Sponsorship Programme
Staff from UNHCR and IOM welcome Afghan refugee families arriving at São Paulo International Airport. © Jamile Ferraris/MJSP GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, […]
UNHCR: Funding cuts threaten the health of nearly 13 million displaced people
Sudanese refugee Fatma Omar receives medical treatment for her two-year-old son Bassel, who suffers from hearing problems, at a UNHCR-supported clinic in Cairo, Egypt. © […]
UNHCR launches appeal as dire situation in DR Congo impacts Burundi
Families fleeing the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo shelter at a school in northwestern Burundi’s Cibitoke Province. © UNHCR/Bernard Ntwari As fighting […]
UNHCR helps to save lives and build better futures for the millions of people forced to flee their homes.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or […]
A Year of Turmoil: Conflicts, Crises and Displacement in 2024
Even by the standards of recent years, 2024 was a year of turmoil in which new conflicts erupted, existing crises seethed, and climate-fueled disasters multiplied. […]
UNHCR leads the revitalization of a Coordinated Solutions Process for the Somalia situation in the East Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region and Yemen
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has just concluded a three-day event, hosting partners and Governments from the East and Horn of Africa, Great Lakes Region […]
UNHCR Somalia Protection and Solutions Monitoring Network (PSMN) Flash Alert October 2024
Situational Overview The situation in Luuq is deteriorating rapidly following the killing of a clan chief from one of the previously conflicted clans. This incident […]
UNHCR Macedonia Situations Highlights!
In September 2024, the UNHCR reported a significant number of new internal displacements in Somalia, with conflict and insecurity being major drivers. In North Macedonia, UNHCR is […]