Awards honour refugee-led response to COVID-19 pandemic
UNHCR’s 2020 NGO Innovation Awards honour the role of refugee-led organizations in helping forcibly displaced and vulnerable people cope during the pandemic. By UNHCR Staff A refugee radio station combatting COVID-19 misinformation in Kenya and a local group...
Refugees help French wine makers fill labour shortages
A leading French wine maker joins forces with an association of former rugby professionals to offer seasonal jobs and training to refugees in the wine industry. By Céline Schmitt and Kate Thompson-Gorry in Pauillac, France When Zakaria arrived in France as a refugee...
Alphonso Davies becomes the first footballer to take UNHCR’s Goodwill Ambassador title
Davies is the first footballer and first Canadian to become a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the appointment of Alphonso Davies, FC Bayern Munich’s left-back and player for Canada Men’s National Football Team, as...
Uprooted in their own land: the internal displacement crisis
With 45.9 million people displaced inside their own countries, a new data visualization reveals the scale of the issue, the latest trends and prospects for lasting solutions. By UNHCR Staff With a record 80 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, UNHCR, the UN...
UNHCR outraged by deadly attack against displaced population in Western Niger
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns in the strongest terms the attacks in...
Bangladeshi authorities, aid agencies and refugee volunteers rush to respond as massive fire leaves some 45,000 Rohingya refugees without shelter
This is a summary of what was said by Johannes van der Klaauw, UNHCR Representative in Dhaka, Bangladesh – 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 deeply saddened at the...
Better access to water improves lives for refugees and their hosts in Zimbabwe camp
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners have improved water supply at Tongogara camp, in a project funded by the African Development Bank. By Lovemore Dumba in Tongongora refugee camp, Zimbabwe Josephine Mbayo faced many difficulties looking after her eight...
Fear and loss stalk Mozambicans fleeing insurgent violence
Some 670,000 people forced from their homes in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province in a crisis that has failed to hold the world’s attention. By Juliana Ghazi in Cabo Delgado Herculano and his wife Isabella left everything behind when they fled their village in...