Insecurity and COVID-19 fuel refugee mental health concerns in Libya
The pandemic and recent security crackdowns have taken a high toll on the mental health of refugees and asylum-seekers, but UNHCR programmes are helping to make a difference By Ziyad Alhamadi in Tripoli, Libya These days, Dr. Hanan Al-Shremi’s work diary is fully...
Back to basics cookery show helps refugees in Algeria amid food crisis
In response to ration cuts and rising prices, Sahrawi refugees are watching an unusual cookery show to help them prepare nutritious meals with only a few ingredients By Eunice Ohanusi in Tindouf, Algeria Sahrawi refugees have lived in camps in Algeria’s remote desert...
Refugee engineers help to build weatherproof shelters for fellow refugees in Sudan
Medhn and Azmera are using their skills to build homes that can withstand the extreme weather in eastern Sudan By Samuel Otieno Odhiambo in Tunaydbah, Sudan Before conflict erupted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region nearly two years ago, everything was on track for...
UNHCR protection chief urges fresh approaches to safeguard refugees
The global response to Ukrainian refugees has shown what political will can achieve in an emergency, Gillian Triggs tells high-level meeting During a year in which the war in Ukraine, along with other conflicts, pushed the number of forcibly displaced people to over...
Merkel says Nansen prize honours all those who welcome refugees
The former Federal Chancellor of Germany, who welcomed more than 1.2 million refugees in 2015 and 2016, accepted the prestigious award at a ceremony in Geneva on Monday By UNHCR Staff Dr. Angela Merkel, the former Federal Chancellor of Germany, accepted the 2022...
Three quarters of refugees and migrants from Venezuela struggle to access basic services in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Joint UNHCR/IOM Press Release Some 4.3 million refugees and migrants from Venezuela face challenges accessing food, housing and stable employment, a recent assessment concludes. Despite the progress achieved through various regularization and documentation...
Violence erupts in DR Congo’s west as nearly 30,000 flee clashes
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in the DRC, Angele Dikongue-Atangana – 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 alarmed by a surge of deadly...
In Poland, a Ukrainian psychologist helps her fellow refugees
The devastating effects of the international armed conflict in Ukraine are still being felt by those fleeing inside the country and across borders, but not all wounds are visible By Tarik Argaz in Warsaw, Poland When Ukrainians were forced to flee in the days and...