Henriquez Partners Architects supports refugee scholars to reach new heights
From lifeline to lifelong: How education is helping a new generation of displaced young people redefine their futures. For refugees, gaining access to higher education is an uphill battle. Despite the huge demand among refugees for education at all levels,...
UNHCR’s Grandi sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa
NAIROBI – As he concluded a five-day visit to Somalia and Kenya on Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on global leaders to spare no efforts in assisting countries in the Horn of Africa to break the cycle of conflict and climate crises....
UNHCR deplores continued deportation of Myanmar asylum-seekers from Malaysia
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – 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 seriously concerned over the continued deportation by...
Data shows impacts of rising prices and shrinking aid on forcibly displaced people
A new data visualization reveals how the ripple effects of the Ukraine war are impacting refugees and internally displaced people in parts of the world far from the media spotlight The consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for refugees and internally displaced...
UNHCR’s unprecedented US$700m funding gap spells catastrophe for millions
Geneva – Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to make cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and other forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world. Without an injection of at least US$700 million...
Displaced women in South Sudan work to hold back floodwaters
Armed only with buckets and determination, hundreds of displaced women worked to clear the road which is a lifeline between their camp and the city of Bentiu By Charlotte Hallqvist and Kayier Ruot Reat in Bentiu, South Sudan When it became clear that a pump was...
Devastation in South Sudan following fourth year of historic floods
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – 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 urging international support for humanitarian...
UNHCR issues urgent appeal to stop forced returns of Myanmar nationals
This news comment is attributable to Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urgently appealing to countries in the region to immediately stop forced returns of Myanmar nationals seeking safety from serious...