With no let-up for war-affected Ukrainians, UN launches humanitarian and refugee plans to respond in 2024
Joint UNHCR/OCHA press release GENEVA – The United Nations and partners today asked donors for a combined $4.2 billion to support war-affected communities in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees and their host communities in the region throughout 2024. Nearly two years...
With no let-up for war-affected Ukrainians, UN launches humanitarian and refugee plans to respond in 2024
Joint UNHCR/OCHA press release GENEVA – The United Nations and partners today asked donors for a combined $4.2 billion to support war-affected communities in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees and their host communities in the region throughout 2024. Nearly two years...Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, One in five people in the Central Sahel needs humanitarian aid: Now is the time to turn words into action
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME – The crises gripping the Central Sahel are exacerbating humanitarian and protection needs and threatening to reverse development gains. In 2024, some 17 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger need humanitarian assistance and protection –...
UNHCR and Islamic Development Bank collaborate to support education, health care, and livelihood opportunities in Afghanistan
Responding to Afghanistan’s deepening humanitarian crisis, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), in its capacity as the trustee of the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (AHTF), have signed three crucial agreements aimed at bolstering...
UNHCR appeals to save 185 people, mostly children and women, in distress at sea around Nicobar Islands
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on regional coastal authorities for urgent action to save a reported 185 desperate people on board a boat in distress, last heard to be near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Among those onboard are around 70 children and 88...
“Refugees” or “Migrants”? How word choices affect rights and lives
UNHCR Explainer By Shabia Mantoo, Geneva All people who move between countries deserve full respect for their human rights and dignity. There are, however, different reasons and motivations for people to leave their homes and, consequently, different international...
Displacement crisis in Sudan deepens as fighting spreads
This is a summary of what was said by Wiliam Spindler – 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 concerned at the deepening forced displacement crisis in Sudan and...
Young Togolese refugee youth leader advocates for quality education in Ghana
Louange Koffi achieved her childhood dream of becoming a nurse in Ghana. She now advocates for quality health and education for the displaced. By Omer Elnaiem in Accra, Ghana Growing up in a remote refugee camp in western Ghana, Louange Koffi vividly recalls how...