Tag: UNHCR
68.5million people displaced globally – UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday announced that about 68.5million persons were currently displaced by conflicts…
68.5m people displaced globally – UNHCR
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, said the number of people forced to flee their homes in…
UNHCR begins relocation of IDPs to permanent camp in Benue
UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has begun the process of relocating over 10,000 Cameroonian Internally Displaced Persons to permanent…
Cameroonian Govt. urged to respect human rights
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has appealed to the Government of Cameroon to respect human rights of…
UNHCR remains committed to fighting sexual exploitation, abuse against women
Mr Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has affirmed the commitment of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to…
UNHCR steps up support to Cameroonians fleeing to Nigeria
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is stepping up its presence in south-eastern Nigeria, to provide life-saving support to…
FG, UNHCR launches Tripartite Commission for repatriation of Nigerian refugees
Nigerian, Cameroonian Governments and United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNCHR) have inaugurated a Tripartite Commission for the voluntary repatriation…
UNHCR: Tuface holds charity concert to support activities in North-East
As part of efforts to assist displaced persons, Tuface Foundation is organising a fund raising charity concert to support the…
UNHCR, 2Face Drum Support For IDPs In Borno
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) partnership with the singer, Innocent Idibia, (2 face Idibia), have inaugurated awareness…
UN to halt forceful repatriation of Nigerian refugees
UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is taking urgent steps to intervene in the forceful repatriation of Nigerian…
Yobe IDPs receive sanitation equipment from UNHCR
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday donated sanitation equipment to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…
Returning Nigerian Refugees Could Create New Crisis – UNHCR
Nigerian refugees who fled Islamist militants are returning from Cameroon risk creating a new humanitarian crisis, the head of the…
UNHCR sends relief items for Congolese IDPS
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is shipping tents, mosquito nets and other essential relief items to Angola, where…
Islamic State captures 3,000 Iraqi civilians
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said that Islamic State fighters may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers on…
19 bodies recovered, 138 migrants rescued off island of Kalymnos
Greece on Friday rescued 138 refugees and recovered the bodies of 19 after their boat capsized off the island of…