Forced from their homes, displaced Congolese in dire need of shelter
As more families flee the DRC’s Beni Territory, shelter needs are mounting – over 100,000 families who have found safety in North Kivu urgently need a place to stay. By Blaise Sanyila in Kitchanga and Sanne Biesmans in Beni, the Democratic Republic of the Congo Elodie...
Attacks by armed group displace 20,000 civilians in eastern DRC
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 calling for urgent and enhanced measures to protect...
News comment: UNHCR latest update on deteriorating situation of Eritrean refugees in Tigray
This news comment is attributable to Ann Encontre, UNHCR Representative in Ethiopia The situation in the Mai Aini and Adi Harush Eritrean refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has further and rapidly deteriorated with the escalation of fighting in the area over...
Displaced Afghan family struggles to cope amid latest violence
A widowed mother-of-four struggling to take care of her family in a camp is among the 270,000 Afghans displaced since the start of the year by the latest upsurge in fighting. By Edris Lutfi in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan Two weeks after fleeing her home to escape...
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
I am extremely concerned about the conditions of Eritrean refugees in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Since the outbreak of hostilities in November 2020, they have been deeply affected by the violence and insecurity that has engulfed the region. They have been caught...
UNHCR warns of imminent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
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 warning of a looming humanitarian crisis in...
Expelled asylum seekers ‘crying out for help’ in northern Mexico
Removed from the United States, asylum-seekers fear for their safety in northern Mexico and deadly violence if they return to their Central American homelands. By Tim Gaynor in Tijuana Honduran mother of three Lorena* recalls how she clambered on to a makeshift raft...
UNHCR calls for renewed commitment to South Sudan’s peace, development, and future
This is a summary of what was said by Arafat Jamal UNHCR Representative in South Sudan and ad interim Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident and UN Humanitarian Coordinator – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press...