UNHCR strengthens support to the most vulnerable affected by floods in Brazil and other regions
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva GENEVA – Almost one month after the start of heavy rains in Brazil’s southern state of Rio...
Climate crisis fuels flooding and deepens displacement
Climate change is fueling flooding and other forms of extreme weather, causing fresh displacement and making life even harder for people already uprooted from their homes By UNHCR staff In recent weeks, torrential rains in Afghanistan, Brazil and East Africa have...
Five things to know about the catastrophic flooding in the East and Horn of Africa
Torrential rains across the East and Horn of Africa have claimed hundreds of lives and washed away homes, uprooting thousands of people including refugees and other previously displaced people By UNHCR staff Severe flooding has hit countries in the East and Horn of...
Uganda’s open-door policy for refugees strained by arrivals from Sudan, DRC, and South Sudan
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in Uganda, Matthew Crentsil – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – Uganda is welcoming increasing numbers of Sudanese arrivals –...
UNHCR partnering with Canada to strengthen Mexico’s asylum system
OTTAWA – Mexico’s asylum system faces sustained pressure due to continued political and social instability in the region, violence, insecurity, and the devastating impact of natural disasters and climate change. in 2023, the Mexican Commission for Refugee...
UNHCR supports Brazil’s response to devastating floods
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with federal, state, and...
Los Angeles Declaration: UNHCR redoubles commitment, calls for coordinated hemispheric approach to respond to forced displacement in the Americas
GUATEMALA CITY – UNHCR renews its call for a coordinated continental approach to address the magnitude and complexity of the mixed movement of refugees and migrants in the Americas, as recently underscored during the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection...
UNHCR and UNICEF condemn the bombardment of displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
KINSHASA – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) strongly condemn the bombing today of three sites for internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Lac Vert, Lushagala, and Mugunga neighbourhoods of Goma, North Kivu, in the east of...