Hope for Pemba community as they gain recognition as Kenyan citizens
Barke Hamisi always felt she was a Kenyan, until her first encounter with the stigma of statelessness. Nearly three decades later, she can finally say, “I belong” By Charity Nzomo in Kilifi, Kenya A gentle breeze fans a row of colourful clothes drying on a line behind...
Forced displacement reaches a record high in the Americas, solutions lie within the region
Present in 26 countries in the Americas, UNHCR requires additional funding to ensure a sufficient humanitarian response, including solutions PANAMA CITY – In a context of increasingly complex and challenging human mobility, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, provides...
Q&A: ‘We need to celebrate the courage of aid workers who continue to deliver’
As a staff counsellor, George Obiero supports UNHCR colleagues responding to emergencies in Sudan and beyond, helping them to navigate the ‘unique challenges of their work’ George Obiero is a staff counsellor for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, supporting 11 country...
After 4 months of war, humanitarian leaders urge action to end the tragedy in Sudan
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 15 August 2023 – For four gruesome months, the people of Sudan have been engulfed in a war that is destroying their lives and their homeland, and violating their basic human rights....
UNHCR, UNICEF, IOM: deepest condolences for those involved in yet another shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea
Coordinated search and rescue mechanisms and expansion of safer and regular pathways for migration and asylum needed ROME – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and UNICEF express their deepest condolences for the loss of...
UNHCR helps Indigenous Venezuelans to stay on their lands
The Pemón people are the guardians of an immense nature reserve in southeastern Venezuela. But poverty is pushing many off their traditional lands By Jenny Barchfield in San Francisco de Paraitepuy, Venezuela The cluster of cabins at the far end of San Francisco de...
Health conditions worsen as displacement from Sudan conflict exceeds 4 million
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 — With more than 4 million people now forcibly displaced by the Sudan crisis,...
Syrian refugee family starts over again in Spain after Türkiye earthquakes
Six months after losing everything during the devastating earthquakes that hit southeastern Türkiye, a Syrian refugee family are making a new life in the Spanish city of Seville By Zahra Mackaoui and María Jesús Vega Pascual in Seville, Spain It was a Sunday like any...