Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff releases new album titled ‘Refugees’
By UNHCR With its message of peace, love and humanity, ‘Refugees’ is also a call to action. With a career stretching back over 50 years, Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff is often known as the “Grandfather of Reggae”. Now the 78-year-old is using his first album in over a...
New York market serves up food that showcases the city’s rich cultural heritage
By Sarah Schafer in New York Many of the nearly 100 vendors at the Queens Night Market have refugee backgrounds. When Sokhita Sok decided to sell her favorite Cambodian food, a curry dish served in a banana leaf called fish amok, at a night market in New York,...
UNHCR applauds Liberia for removing gender discrimination from its nationality law
In a major development to prevent statelessness, Liberia has amended its nationality law to grant women and men equal rights to confer nationality to their children. The President of Liberia signed into law an act to amend the Aliens and Nationality Law on 5 August,...
One million people displaced by drought in Somalia
UNHCR and NRC PRESS RELEASE A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, with 1 million people now registered as displaced within the country More than 755,000 people have been internally displaced in Somalia because of the severe drought this...
Ukrainian village torn apart by war begins long process of rebuilding
By Victoria Andrievska and Saorlaith Ni Bhroin in Kyiv | 11 August 2022 In the quiet rural village of Nalyvaikivka on the outskirts of Kyiv, locals are sifting through the debris of their destroyed homes, hoping to salvage whatever they can. Others gather at garden...
What Is The Aiming Higher Scholarship Program?
When a child is forced to flee their home, continuing their academic studies becomes very difficult. Education is a basic human right. It’s a vital to gaining employment and building self-reliance. And yet, for the vast majority of refugees, higher education is still...
Funding shortfall forces UNHCR to cut vital programmes in DR Congo
This is a summary of what was said by Director of UNHCR’s Division for External Relations, Dominique Hyde – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva Due to insufficient funding, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,...
Moldovan GBV shelter offers safety and a community for refugees from Ukraine
By Roger Burks in Chisinau, Moldova When war engulfed Ukraine, Casa Marioarei – a 20-year-old organization in neighbouring Moldova’s capital – opened its doors to welcome vulnerable women and children forced to flee their homes. A welcome at Casa Marioarei usually...