UNHCR chief calls for support for Sudan as it hosts Ethiopian refugees
Filippo Grandi also launches an appeal for nearly US$150 million to help the government of Sudan look after the refugees. By Dana Hughes in Hamdayet, Sudan The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Sunday called for international support for Sudan as the...
UNHCR partners with One World Refugee Film Festival to give refugee stories centre stage in 70th anniversary celebrations
OTTAWA, CANADA, 27 NOVEMBER 2020 – Starting on 1 December to 14 December 2020, UNHCR will be partnering with One World Arts, Amnesty International Canada, CARE Canada and Oxfam Canada to co-present this year’s edition of the One World Film Festival (OWFF), a two-week...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Sudan as new refugee arrivals cross 43,000
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. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, is visiting Khartoum as the...
Sultans of String celebrates “Refuge” album with online concert fundraiser for refugees
By Lauren La Rose Sultans of String’s Chris McKhool admits it was “pretty devastating” to see dozens of shows cancelled for his band’s biggest-ever tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it wasn’t long before a moment of disappointment turned to one of tremendous...
As refugee numbers surge, Ethiopians seek word of loved ones
Over 40,000 Ethiopians have fled the Tigray crisis into eastern Sudan, with no sign of a let-up in new arrivals. Many anxiously hope to be reunited with their families. By Charles Emptaz in Hamdayet, Sudan Lezabu is frantic with worry. The single mother-of-three has...
“I feel really strongly that I have to do it”: Canadian heavy metal bar owner and friends sponsor Syrian refugee families
By Susan Pedwell in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada When images of bombings and injured civilians in Syria flashed across Tyler Berglund’s TV screen, he felt compelled to act. “I wanted to do my part to compensate for the injustices of war,” says Tyler. Over the past two...
UNHCR warns second wave of COVID pandemic driving further violence against refugee women and girls
As the coronavirus pandemic prolongs, a lethal mix of confinement, deepening poverty and economic duress is unleashing a renewed wave of violence against refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning today. “We are...
Gender-based violence on the rise during lockdowns
Data shows that displaced women and girls worldwide are experiencing increased gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. By UNHCR Staff Mónica Pérez* met her first boyfriend when she was 16, not long after she stepped off a bus in the Colombian border city...