The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday warned of a deepening crisis in Sudan’s North Darfur as violence spreads beyond the city of El Fasher.
Every day, buses arrive at the Afghanistan-Iran border, carrying exhausted and desperate Afghan refugee families with all their belongings. Many are returning to a country they barely know, forced to leave Iran after decades of living there.
Following a recent visit to the Islam Qala border area, Arafat Jamal, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Representative in Afghanistan, told UN News that the number of returnees has surged amid rising tensions following the recent Israel-Iran war.
Once a teenager without legal status or access to education in Afghanistan, Madiha Ali Changezi is now speaking out as a living example of what refugee resettlement can achieve.
Women’s rights in Afghanistan have taken a hard hit since the Taliban returned to power nearly four years ago.
The country now has the second largest gender gap in the world, according to UN Women’s 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index, which shows a 76 per cent disparity between women and men when it comes to health, education, financial inclusion and decision-making.
Afghan journalist Zahra Nader has been forced to flee her homeland twice to escape Taliban rule.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees – who cannot return home due to war or persecution – in increasing danger.
The nearly 14-year war in Syria forced more than six million people to flee the country.
With the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians are now facing several scenarios. Many are returning home, while others are still waiting to see how things unfold or even leaving the country.
Amid the rapidly changing situation, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, continues to help Syrians – whether internally displaced persons or refugees – as they face both the winter season and uncertainty on the ground.
