UNHCR expands support to refugees and host communities in Brazil as COVID-19 takes its toll
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 stepping up efforts in Brazil to protect tens of...
Refugee health workers lead COVID-19 battle in Bangladesh camps
Trained community health workers – all of them Rohingya refugees – refer suspected COVID-19 patients in the settlements for testing and care. By Areez Tanbeen Rahman and Iffath Yeasmine in Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh Saidul Karim spends his days moving...
UNHCR calls on Poland to ensure access for people seeking asylum
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, calls on the Government of Poland to ensure that people who wish to seek international protection have access to territory and asylum in Poland, in line with international obligations accepted by the country. On Thursday (23 July), in the...
US$20 million for Sahel drive to curb COVID-19
African Development Bank, UNHCR and G5 Sahel pledge to back effort to curb coronavirus’ impact on refugees and their hosts. ABIDJAN / GENEVA / NOUAKCHOTT– Public health and wellbeing of refugees and the host communities in Sahel are at the heart of the latest...
Young artists drew a world where kindness defeats COVID-19 – We animated it
UNHCR asked youth to draw in solidarity with refugees amid the pandemic. We received 2,000 drawings from 100 countries, chose seven and brought them to life. ‘Refugee superhero’ Noémie, 16, France “This contest caught my attention for its goal to inspire hope and...
Winners announced for UNHCR Youth with Refugees Art Contest
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the winners of its first-ever Youth with Refugees Art Contest. More than 2,000 participants from 100 countries submitted drawings and comic strips. One in four participants were themselves refugees or asylum-seekers....
Afghan doctor helps refugees fight COVID-19, one phone call at a time
Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran, Afghan refugee Fezzeh Hosseini has been working tirelessly to help local and Afghan patients affected by the virus. By Farha Bhoyroo At the end of a long shift, once the waiting area has been emptied of its stream of...
‘With this law, I will finally get a sense of how it is to exist’
A new statelessness determination procedure in Ukraine gives people without identity documents the right to work, study and access health care. By Victoria Andrievska in Kyiv, Ukraine Despite having cancer, Olena Miryasheva was denied access to health care: she could...