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Children displaced by violence play in a school yard in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
© UNHCR/Justin Kasereka

Human Rights abuses intensifying in eastern DR Congo - UNHCR 

10 September 2021
Human Rights

An alarming number of human rights abuses have been carried out against civilians this year by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. 

Food and blankets are handed out to people in need in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. UNHCR warned that the world cannot allow this “to become a humanitarian catastrophe”
© WFP/Arete

'Major' humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan, as UN convenes fundraising conference

3 September 2021
Humanitarian Aid

A major humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned again on Friday, amid ongoing uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country's borders. To address the crisis, the UN announced a major fundraising conference to take place in Geneva on 13 September.

Children play in Mexico’s first shelter exclusively for refugees and asylum-seekers.
© UNHCR/Jeoffrey Guillemard

UNHCR warns of unprecedented displacement in Central America and Mexico  

2 September 2021
Migrants and Refugees

Central America and Mexico are facing “unprecedented pressure” as the number of people seeking international protection rises and access to asylum and territory is being limited through troubling new border restrictions, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday. 

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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Many of the refugee families whose shelters were destroyed following a fire at Moria Camp, on the Greek island of Lesvos, hope to be transferred to Germany.
© UNICEF/Mattia Marzorati

Moria fires aftermath: More than 1,000 asylum seekers relocated from Greece this year

30 September 2020
Migrants and Refugees

Nearly 140 asylum seekers were relocated from Greece to Germany on Wednesday through a European Commission-funded initiative that has relocated more than 1,000 people so far this year alone, three UN agencies have reported. 

Migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea are rescued by a Belgian ship (file photo).
Frontex/Francesco Malavolta

UN agencies call for urgent disembarkation of hundreds rescued in the Mediterranean

29 August 2020
Migrants and Refugees

Hundreds of rescued migrants and refugees currently on board three vessels in the Central Mediterranean, some of whom have been stuck at sea for weeks, must be brought to shore immediately, two UN agencies said on Saturday.

The UN refugee chief, Filippo Grandi, looks at damage caused to the apartment of a Syrian refugee in the aftermath of the explosion at the port in Beirut, Lebanon.
© UNHCR/Sam Tarling

UN refugee chief underlines continued support to Lebanon

21 August 2020
Humanitarian Aid

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Friday urged the international community to continue to stand by the people of Lebanon as they recover from the blast that devastated the capital, Beirut, earlier this month. 

Internally displaced Zeinabou Sawadoga, 42, is surrounded by family in the grounds of her relative’s courtyard in Kaya, Burkina Faso where she is now seeking shelter.
© UNHCR/Sylvain Cherkaoui

One million flee escalating violence in Burkina Faso

18 August 2020
Peace and Security

Mounting violence in Burkina Faso has forced more than one million people to flee their homes: 453,000 so far this year alone, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Tuesday, citing government figures.

Severe damage all over Beirut due to the blast on August 4th 2020.
Houssam Yaacoub

Refugees also affected by Beirut blast as UN relief efforts continue

11 August 2020
Humanitarian Aid

Dozens of refugees were among the victims of the deadly explosions at Beirut’s port a week ago that destroyed large areas of the Lebanese capital, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Tuesday.

The only survivor among passengers on a boat adrift off the West African coast is transported to an ambulance in Nouadhibou, Mauritania.
© UNHCR/Komi Mensah

Countries urged to target smugglers after 27 migrants die at sea

7 August 2020
Migrants and Refugees

Two UN agencies are calling for greater action to dismantle smuggling and trafficking networks following the deaths of 27 migrants off the coast of Mauritania, northwest Africa.