UNHCR gravely concerned by intensified hostilities in Al Mokha affecting Yemeni civilians
GENEVA – UNHCR is deeply concerned about the plight of thousands of Yemeni civilians fleeing or caught up in heavy confrontations between the warring parties in the Red Sea districts of Al Mokha and Dhubab in Taizz governorate. Owing to ongoing military...
UN refugee chief calls for accelerated assistance for Aleppo
Expressing shock at the scale of the devastation in Aleppo, Filippo Grandi, the head of the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR today called for accelerated and immediate humanitarian assistance for millions of people trying to rebuild war-shattered lives in Syria. Shocked by...
UN refugee head meets Homs’ displaced on Syria visit
Filippo Grandi witnesses ‘immense’ scale of urgent humanitarian and reconstruction needs. HOMS, Syria – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today witnessed at first-hand what he termed the immense scale of urgent humanitarian needs in Homs, Syria, while...UNHCR Alarmed at Impact of U.S. Refugee Program Suspension
GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is deeply worried by the uncertainty facing thousands of refugees around the world who are in the process of being resettled to the United States. This week alone, over 800 refugees were set to make America...
Trapped Mosul civilians in dire need of relief
Fleeing residents highlight danger, lack of food and water for hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain trapped in militant-held areas of Iraq’s second largest city. MOSUL, Iraq – As darkness fell over Mosul, Saad*, 45, put his injured son on his back and...
As tensions ease, some displaced return to Bangui
Thousands of people who fled fighting in the Central African Republic’s capital have returned under a voluntary programme run by UNHCR and the government. CARMEL SITE, Central African Republic – Antoine Nambeyam shuffles forward on his crutches towards the head of the...
UN seeks $4.63 billion to aid Syrian refugees and host nations
Funding appeal launched at Helsinki event seeks to ease desperate plight of 4.7 million refugees and neighbouring countries hosting them. HELSINKI, Finland – Nearly six years since the start of the Syria conflict, United Nations agencies and NGO partners on Tuesday...