UNHCR’s Grandi appalled at suffering of civilians in Syria
By Charlie Dunmore in Beirut, Lebanon UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has described the suffering of civilians in Eastern Ghouta as an appalling example of the human tragedy resulting from the conflict in Syria, which has now been raging for seven...
Q&A: Syria’s Eastern Ghouta “on the verge of major disaster”
UNHCR’s Representative to Syria, Sajjad Malik, accompanied a humanitarian aid convoy that entered the besieged Syrian enclave of Duma in Eastern Ghouta on 5 March where he met some of the 393,000 people trapped there for the past five years. Afterwards, he spoke to...Syrian family displaced by crisis returns home to rebuild
Imagine being displaced not just once, but five times. That’s what happened to Abdul Kader and his family. They had to move from one neighbourhood to another inside Homs in Syria, as brutal fighting closed in around them. The experience left them afraid and exhausted,...
Seven facts about the Syria crisis
1. More than half of all Syrians have been forced to flee their homes There are over 5.5 million registered Syrian refugees and more than six million people displaced inside Syria. Syria accounts for the world’s largest number of forcibly displaced people with...Joint UN Press Release: The UN and partners plan to deliver humanitarian assistance to eastern Ghouta
Damascus, Syria The UN and partners plan to deliver humanitarian assistance to Duma in eastern Ghouta today, 5 March 2018. Today’s convoy will consist of 46 truckloads of health and nutrition supplies, along with food for 27,500 people in need and will be led by Ali...
Burundian refugee stitching together a brighter future in Rwanda
My name is Sandrine and I am 18 years old. I am a Burundian refugee. I came here to Mahama camp in Rwanda with my mother and my seven brothers and sisters. We fled from Burundi in 2015. It was getting violent there, so we escaped to save our lives. During our journey,...
Why thousands of children in Central America are forced to flee
By Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Canada Representative Last fall, I travelled to Honduras, meeting children sheltered in a project supported by UNHCR. To break the ice, I asked what you might ask any teen: “What’s your dream when you grow up?” To my surprise, quite a few...
Call to support Syrians amid violence in Eastern Ghouta
Update 27 February 2018: Since the release of the statement below, the ceasefire declared in Eastern Ghouta was broken. As of Tuesday morning, 27 February, fighting continues. In an interview with CNN, UNHCR Representative in Syria, Sajjad Malik, has emphasized the...