UNHCR urges support to address worsening gender-based violence impact on displaced women and girls
The following statement is attributable to UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi. One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence. Today, given the prolonged human rights and socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we...
UNHCR saddened by English Channel tragedy – urges action to prevent further loss of life
News comment attributable to Pascale Moreau, UNHCR Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe. We are deeply shocked and saddened by the unprecedented tragedy that unfolded in the English Channel on Wednesday. At least 27 people including women and young people, lost...Evacuation flights from Libya to Italy bring hope for vulnerable asylum seekers
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, was heartened by the evacuation today of 93 asylum seekers to Italy from Libya, where they had been living in precarious situations with an uncertain future. This group of evacuees, the first of 500 under a new mechanism for humanitarian...
Relief for asylum seekers offered a new life outside Libya
Survivors of violence among 93 vulnerable individuals on board first evacuation flight to Italy for two years as part of new emergency mechanism. By Tarik Argaz and Mohamed Alalem in Tripoli, Libya An atmosphere of excitement and anticipation spreads among the group...
Refugee women take the lead in combating gender-based violence
Forcibly displaced women are often best placed to lead interventions on gender-based violence and other issues affecting their communities. All they need is support and resources. By Kristy Siegfried When Deborah was subjected to domestic violence, she told no one. ...
Displaced Yemenis struggle to access aid as fighting intensifies in Marib
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about the safety and security of...
Refugees count their losses as floods destroy camp in Sudan
Months after opening, Alganaa refugee camp in Sudan’s White Nile State has been submerged by flood waters, leaving 35,000 South Sudanese refugees in need of urgent assistance. By Sylvia Nabanoba in White Nile State, Sudan Nyawiga Toch looks out over the water that...UNHCR dismayed by deportation of a third Cambodian refugee by Thai Authorities this month
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, deplores Thailand’s deportation of a Cambodian refugee, which occurred only ten days after the authorities deported two other Cambodian refugees. This action contravenes the principle of non-refoulement, which obliges States – including...