I was recently asked to put together a short video that contains 5 success factors for refugee resettlement. Well, here it is (updated in 2023). I hope you enjoy it!
(originally published 1/24/2013)
There are some 6,000 urban refugees in the Niger capital, Niamey. UNHCR hopes that a registration exercise will help the agency pinpoint their needs.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
UNHCR calls for calm and access to newly displaced people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
With the new influx, overcrowded IDP camps are being stretched beyond capacity in terms of space, shelter and basics, including food and water.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Tuareg gives up good private sector job to help Malian refugees
When Malian families arrived in northern Burkina Faso earlier this year, Ahmid was struck by the number of children. He quit his job so he could help.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
UNHCR and the Senegalese government recently launched a campaign to provide biometric ID cards to some 19,000 refugees by year’s end.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Q&A: Swedish diplomat reflects on visit to refugee camp in Niger
Jan Knutsson, who just completed his term as chairman of UNHCR’s governing body, discusses his recent trip to meet Malian refugees in Niger.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
As Syria crisis continues, UNHCR urges EU states to uphold Common Asylum System principles
With a small but growing number of Syrian asylum seekers arriving in countries of the European Union, UNHCR is reminding EU member states of the importance of adhering to the principles of the Common European…
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Sudanese villagers face tough choices before fleeing to relative safety in Yida
Fighting and food shortages have forced thousands to flee to Yida settlement in South Sudan. The number of arrivals is likely to rise when the rains end.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Displacement in Myanmar’s Rakhine state still rising
Four months after inter-communal violence erupted in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the scale of internal displacement is still growing with affected villagers continuing to leave their homes in search…
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
As refugees continue to arrive in Lebanon from Syria, finding shelter is becoming increasingly difficult.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
UNHCR’s Guterres says global humanitarian crises at levels unmatched in recent history
The High Commissioner gives his opening address at the annual five-day meeting of UNHCR’s Executive Committee.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Responding to a humanitarian crisis and saving lives: UNHCR in South Sudan
Tens of thousands of people, like Muktar, have fled Sudan’s Blue Nile state and crossed into South Sudan. UNHCR’s help has been vital.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Following indications of an outbreak of acute jaundice (largely caused by hepatitis E virus) among refugees in Dadaab camp complex in northern Kenya, UNHCR is running a comprehensive public health response…
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
The majority are heading to villages in other parts of Kismayo, Jilib and Jamame districts. Some are moving towards Mogadishu or Kenya.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Abu Omar works as a hotel sales manager in the Gulf. He returned earlier this year to Syria to get married, but nearly died trying to reach safety in Lebanon.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visits Syrian refugees and Iraqi returnees in Iraq
Domiz Refugee Camp, Iraq, 16 September 2012 – UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie today hailed the Iraqi government’s willingness to host Syrian refugees fleeing violence and expressed her hope that all…
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Somali refugees and locals benefit from desert garden in Ethiopia
Fields of watermelons, onions, leeks, tomatoes and peppers surround Heloweyen camp under a project to provide affordable food for all.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
The Society for Humanitarian Solidarity uses its cash prize to build a primary school for 350 refugee children at Kharaz Camp in Yemen.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
UNHCR reaches Kachins sent back from China
UNHCR is seriously concerned over reports that China has sent back groups of Myanmar nationals to insecure parts of Kachin state in northern Myanmar. We estimate that some 5,000 ethnic Kachins – many of…
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
More than 100,000 flee Syria in August, highest monthly total
The August influx brings the total number of Syrian refugees registered or awaiting registration to more than 235,300.
UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Syria: refugee crisis – Tuesday 4 September 2012
Children play at a Syrian refugees camp in Faida in northern Kurdish Dohuk province, Iraq. More than 10,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Iraq's northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan since Syria crisis worsened, Iraqi local officials said on Tuesday.
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Notorious Criminal At Daadab Refugee Camp Gets Arrested
Police in Daadab yesterday arrested one of the most notorious bandits, who is believed to be among a group that is behind crimes in and out of the refugee camps. The bandit, Mohamed Ibrahim Ali, was arrested after a refugees, who he had tried to rob …
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