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 […]
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
With 170,000 Sudanese refugees now in camps and settlements across South Sudan’s Unity and Upper Nile states, the health situation among this population has become a matter of alarm to us. With the current… UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency Unaccompanied children look toward school after ordeal to reach Europe Nearly 1,500 minors seeking asylum […]
UNHCR is appealing to the Government of Bangladesh to ensure that NGO assistance continues to be provided to unregistered people from Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Last Thursday, three non-governmental organizations… UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency Hundreds of Syrians uprooted every day as conflict continues With no let up in the violence in Syria, more and […]
On Wednesday, more UNHCR staff returned to Myanmar’s Rakhine State to help address immediate humanitarian needs there. An earlier team had gone back on 20 June, joining others of our staff who never left. We… UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency The relevance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 300 years after his birth The life and work […]
UNHCR Rwanda Refugee Bulletin, Issue No.5 Rwanda copes with its first refugee influx since 2009. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR strengthens its presence in Dadaab refugee complex As part of our efforts to ensure continuity of life-saving services for more than 460,000 refugees in the Dadaab refugee complex in north-eastern Kenya, we opened […]
North Africa: UNHCR Strives to Find Solutions for Refugees At Egypt-Libya Border “All of them want to leave [for resettlement],” Yvan Sturm, head of UNHCR’s Sallum team, said of the 2000. “The majority have no other option,” added Stephen Choka, the RSD supervisor. The best solution for refugees is normally repatriation followed by … Read […]
UNHCR repatriates Ivorian refugees from unstable Mali UNHCR helped 104 Ivorian refugees fly back home earlier this week from Bamako, the Malian capital where they felt insecure due to continuing instability. UNHCR organized their repatriation by air as general… UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency Young Muslim woman’s fierce passion for learning sparks big changes […]
The new ID cards have an electronic chip that contains information about the holder, including biographical details. Some 18,000 will be distributed. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR addresses “alarming” level of child mortality in Ethiopian camp About 10 children under five have been dying every day in Kobe camp since June. Malnutrition is […]
