UNHCR appeals for resettlement places as record forced displacement and protection needs outstrip solutions
Over 1.4 million refugees currently residing in 62 host countries will be in need of resettlement next year according to latest estimates released by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, at an annual resettlement forum today. “With one per cent of humanity now displaced and...
Syrian family awaits end of lockdown to start new life in Norway
Airport closure put Wafaa and her Syrian family’s resettlement on hold, but she hopes that once crisis eases they can leave Lebanon and her teenage son can stop work. By Warda Al-Jawahiry and Ali Khedr in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon After surviving fourteen months living...
Global forced displacement vastly more widespread in 2019
UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report finds more people are fleeing war, conflict and persecution worldwide. For many, rebuilding their lives remains out of reach. By Adrian Edwards in Geneva One per cent of the world’s population has been forced to flee their homes due...
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About Us Learn more about UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Photo: ©UNHCR/Hereward Holland The United Nations Refugee Agency, also known as UNHCR, helps people displaced by violence, persecution and conflict. UNHCR works around the globe to aid and protect people forced...
Time running out for civilians in Africa’s Sahel region as attacks multiply
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is alarmed over escalating violence in the Sahel region which has seen hundreds of innocent civilians targeted in recent weeks, triggered more displacement and is seriously hindering humanitarian activities. Attacks by armed groups and...
As COVID-19 and conflict surge, DR Congo displaced face deadly consequences of chronic underfunding
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Massive funding gaps are threatening hundreds of thousands of lives in the Democratic...
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Educational Tools
Educational Tools Show your support for refugees and displaced communities using these teaching tools from UNHCR, which focus on concepts of diversity, respect, understanding and tolerance. Photo: ©UNHCR/Sebastian Rich There are so many ways to help refugees. Whether...