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UNHCR/A. d'Amato

UN agency urges Europe to act to stop rising refugee, migrant deaths at sea

24 July 2014
In the wake of recent tragedies, the United Nations refugee agency today called on European countries to take urgent action to stop the rising number of deaths among refugees and migrants attempting to reach the continent by sea.
UNHCR/J.Kohler

Syria: UN agency warns of grave risks to refugees if funding gaps remain unmet

3 July 2014
Failure to close the funding gap to meet the needs of the growing number of people fleeing the conflict in Syria could mean grave risks for the refugees as well as for the stability of the region, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

UN relief officials issue urgent appeal as food shortages hit 800,000 refugees in Africa

1 July 2014
The heads of two United Nations humanitarian agencies today issued an urgent appeal as food shortages hit nearly 800,000 refugees in Africa, threatening to worsen already unacceptable levels of acute malnutrition, stunting and anaemia, particularly in children.
UNHCR/S. Sisosmack (background), UNHCR/O.Pain (1st), UNHCR/J. Tanner (2nd), UNHCR/S. Rich (3rd), UNHCR/F. Noy (4th)

‘War’s Human Cost’: World's population of displaced tops 50 million, UN refugee agency reports

20 June 2014
World Refugee Day is being marked by yet another sombre milestone in a year that has seen crisis after crisis force desperate people to flee their homes ahead of bullets and bombs: a new UN report reveals that the number of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people has, for the first time in the post-World War II era, exceeded 50 million people.
SHS/A.S. Hussein/UNHCR

At least 62 dead in deadliest boat tragedy in Red Sea this year – UN refugee agency

6 June 2014
The United Nations refugee agency said today that 62 people are confirmed to have died when their boat foundered while trying to cross the Red Sea from the Horn of Africa to Yemen, making it the deadliest sinking this year.
UNHCR/A. Belrhazi

Amid rise in Mediterranean crossings, UN urges solutions for refugees seeking safety

11 April 2014
The United Nations refugee agency today stressed the need to find durable solutions for those making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, as it reported that the Italian navy had rescued some 6,000 people who had set out from Libya in overcrowded boats over the past four days alone.