refugees

A one-year-old baby suffering from malaria receives a health check at a clinic in northern Uganda.
© UNICEF/Francis Emorut

News in Brief 30 November 2020

30 November 2020
News in Brief
  • UNHCR appeals for $147 million for up to 100,000 Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan 
  • COVID-19 threatens global progress against malaria, warns UN health agency 
  • UN rights office spotlights killings in Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua 
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Passenger screening at Maya Maya international airport, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
WHO/D. Elombat

News in Brief 27 November 2020

27 November 2020
News in Brief
  • Africa ‘not ready’ for huge vaccine drive against COVID: WHO 
  • First of four UN humanitarian airlifts for Ethiopia refugees lands in Khartoum 
  • Food emergency forces Malagasy to forage for food 
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Thirteen-year-old Syrian refugee Bakr works in a supermarket and delivers food to support his family in Barja, Lebanon. The family are awaiting resettlement to Norway.
© UNHCR/Diego Ibarra Sánchez

News in Brief 19 November 2020

19 November 2020
News in Brief
  • Refugee resettlement numbers are lowest in two decades: UNHCR 
  • Whole generation of children at risk from impact of COVID, says UNICEF  
  • Probe call for ‘excessive’ violence used against Belarus demonstrators 
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Thirty-two-year-old Syrian refugee Wafaa pins her three-year-old daughter Yasmine's hair at their home in Barja, Lebanon. They are awaiting resettlement to Norway.
© UNHCR/Diego Ibarra Sánchez

Refugee resettlement numbers fall to lowest in two decades: UNHCR 

19 November 2020
Migrants and Refugees

Refugee resettlement numbers will be at a “record low” this year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday, with only  15,425 people resettled in the first nine months of 2020, compared to more than 50,000 in 2019. 

A NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Iota nearing landfall in Central America.
NASA

News in Brief 17 November 2020

17 November 2020
News in Brief
  • ‘Potentially catastrophic’ impact in Central America from new hurricane: UN 
  •  ‘Full-scale crisis’ unfolding on Ethiopia’s border with Sudan: UNHCR 
  • Civilians Continue to Flee Insecurity in Cabo Delgado Mozambique 
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A woman holds her child in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, southern Bangladesh.
UN Women/Allison Joyce

Ending statelessness ‘a matter of political will’, says UN refugee agency chief

11 November 2020
Migrants and Refugees

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has called on world leaders to take bold and swift action to eradicate statelessness by 2024. 

In Guatemala, the World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting indigenous communities affected by food insecurity due to the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WFP/Carlos Alonzo

News in Brief 10 November 2020

10 November 2020
News in Brief
  • UN rights chief Bachelet condemns Tanzania election violence  
  • COVID will likely make millions more food insecure 
  • UNHCR expands aid as Ivorian refugee numbers top 8,000 
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A family leaves their home in Aplaya, near Manila, to seek shelter at an evacuation centre as super typhoon Goni (local name Rolly) makes landfall in the Philippines.
UNICEF/Piojo

News in Brief 3 November 2020

3 November 2020
News in Brief
  • UN stands with Austria over deadly shootings
  • "Super typhoon" Goni leaves towns cut off
  • Côte d’Ivoire election violence sees thousands flee
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Photo of New Delhi, India.
UN India

News in Brief 20 October 2020

20 October 2020
News in Brief
  • UN rights chief urges India to safeguard rights of NGOs, activists
  • Central Sahel humanitarian needs at 'breaking point': Guterres
  • UNHCR and partners to hold donor conference for Rohingya refugees
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A street vendor in India wears a face mask to protect herself against COVID-19.
© UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani

News in Brief 13 October 2020

13 October 2020
News in Brief
  • COVID impacting health, food and work
  • Digital economy shift 
  • Cash boost for refugees in Iran
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