Tag: UN refugee agency (UNHCR)
Funding crisis increases danger, risk for refugees – UNHCR
“They arrive across borders traumatised, often after experiencing torture or persecution, and they need specialised support – including mental health…
114m people displaced by war, violence worldwide – UN
War in Ukraine and conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Myanmar, drought, floods and insecurity in…
UN opposes new U.S. border measures
But Biden also said that up to 30,000 people per month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela could come legally,…
New UK plan for migrants limiting opportunity to seek asylum
“The announced proposal to first detain, and then either return asylum-seekers to their home countries or transfer them to a…
UNHCR seeks assistance for flood victims in Nigeria, others
The call came amid the worst floods in a decade, which have swept across Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali…
UNHCR fires staff over refugee resettlement corruption
Five UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) officers in Kenya were dismissed in recent years because they were involved in corruption, a…
Migrants protection top African, European ministers’ meeting
Protecting migrants en route from North Africa to Italy was the focus of a meeting of ministers from south and…
Refugee situation on Lesbos has worsened–UN
The United Nations said on Friday that unabated influx of refugees onto Greek island of Lesbos had made the humanitarian…