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Support for internally displaced people needs to be ‘urgently stepped up’
UNHCR’s Sumbul Rizvi reflects on why the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement remain so important, especially amid new dangers posed by coronavirus. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Millions of people are forced to flee their homes each year because of conflict or...![Drawing on Ebola lessons to protect Tanzania camps from coronavirus](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e96c8093.jpg)
Drawing on Ebola lessons to protect Tanzania camps from coronavirus
Public health officer Miata Tubee Johnson brings her experience tackling the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in Liberia to fight COVID-19 in Tanzania. By Abdulkhaliq Khalif in Kibondo, Tanzania When an outbreak of Ebola stalked West Africa five years ago, Miata Tubee...![Coronavirus – Now is not the time to forget Afghanistan and its neighbours](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e95659f3-966x675.jpg)
Coronavirus – Now is not the time to forget Afghanistan and its neighbours
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urges greater support to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran...![Children’s storybook released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e8ed04a4.jpg)
Children’s storybook released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Press Release A new storybook that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health...![UNHCR warns chronic lack of resources contributing to new crisis in Burkina Faso](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e8c3e544.jpg)
UNHCR warns chronic lack of resources contributing to new crisis in Burkina Faso
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has warned more lives are at a risk in Burkina Faso’s...![UNHCR stepping up coronavirus prevention measures for displaced across East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e8c332f3.jpg)
UNHCR stepping up coronavirus prevention measures for displaced across East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – 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 ramping up efforts to increase capacity to prevent,...![Libya: humanitarian crisis worsening amid deepening conflict and COVID-19 threat](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e86d5103-1.jpg)
Libya: humanitarian crisis worsening amid deepening conflict and COVID-19 threat
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. One year since the launch of a military offensive in Tripoli, Libya, fighting is...![Venezuelan doctor gives coronavirus tips to Ecuador’s most vulnerable](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e7a106d3.jpg)
Venezuelan doctor gives coronavirus tips to Ecuador’s most vulnerable
Early in March, before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, Samuel Suárez was already giving at-risk Ecuadorans in rural areas lifesaving tips to avoid infection. By Jaime Giménez in San Francisco, Ecuador Armed with a poster and flyers in his hand and a stethoscope...![UNHCR concerned at mounting civilian casualties and displacement in western Myanmar](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5aa7e7484.jpg)