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![Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/COVID.jpg)
![Refugee nurse on the front line against coronavirus in Iran](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e8ae8543.jpg)
Refugee nurse on the front line against coronavirus in Iran
After earning a nursing degree on a UNHCR scholarship, Iraqi nurse Moheyman is working tirelessly to assist Iranians and fellow refugees in current COVID-19 crisis. By Farha Bhoyroo in Tehran, Iran Doctors and nurses wearing surgical masks and gloves dash in and out...![Scouts take refugee solidarity online during coronavirus crisis](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e8608ac3.jpg)
Scouts take refugee solidarity online during coronavirus crisis
The worldwide movement of Scouts has long supported UNHCR. Now that support is being renewed and deepened, even in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg in London Every year, young people in the global scouting movement gather for days of action....![Syrian refugees adapt to life under coronavirus lockdown in Jordan camps](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e8354fb4.jpg)
Syrian refugees adapt to life under coronavirus lockdown in Jordan camps
While there have been no cases of COVID-19 so far, UNHCR is helping some 120,000 refugees living in region’s largest camps do what they can to mitigate threat. By Charlie Dunmore and Rima Cherri in Amman, Jordan On a sunny afternoon, the usually bustling main...![UNHCR: Staying and delivering for refugees amid COVID-19 crisis](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5e8206fb3.jpg)
UNHCR: Staying and delivering for refugees amid COVID-19 crisis
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, detailed today a series of measures it is taking in its field operations to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency and prevent further spread. “I am deeply concerned at this unprecedented pandemic and its impact on refugees...![Q&A: Access to health services is key to halting COVID-19 and saving refugee lives](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/QA.jpg)
Q&A: Access to health services is key to halting COVID-19 and saving refugee lives
UNHCR’s leading public health expert says prevention and inclusion must be at the heart of the response for displaced people, especially in areas with weak health services. By Jonathan Clayton in Geneva Ann Burton, Chief of UNHCR’s Public Health Section, outlines the...![Syrian refugees aid vulnerable Swiss amid COVID-19 outbreak](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Swiss.jpg)
Syrian refugees aid vulnerable Swiss amid COVID-19 outbreak
As the elderly and unwell self-isolate, a network of Syrians provides a vital bridge to the outside world for Swiss in greatest need. By Tim Gaynor and Elisabet Diaz Sanmartin As a retired doctor living alone in Switzerland, Marie-Claude was concerned about how to...![How your Zakat has helped rebuild the lives of refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/RF2230744_IMG_1990-1080x675.jpg)
How your Zakat has helped rebuild the lives of refugees
By Lynn Al Nasser For Muslims around the world, the Holy Month of Ramadan is a time of reflection, gratitude and patience. It is a time for families and communities to gather and break their fast (iftar) together. For 30 days, Muslims are required to fast from sunrise...![NASIMCO volunteer draws on personal experience to support refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Gulam-Abbas-Najafi-16-1080x675.jpg)
NASIMCO volunteer draws on personal experience to support refugees
By Fiona Irvine-Goulet Gulamabbas Najafi, Vice-President of NASIMCO (North American Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities), understands what it’s like to be a refugee: in 1972, during Uganda’s brutal regime of Idi Amin, Najafi and his family were forced to flee from...![Opinion: We need to tell the world of the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/RF2256170_20190928_163223-1080x675.jpg)