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Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Nov 28, 2023

Former refugee wins global Nansen award for championing education for displaced children

The awards are made possible through support from the Governments of Norway and Switzerland, IKEA Foundation, and the City and Canton of Geneva

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that Abdullahi Mire – a former refugee and journalist who has championed the right to education while putting 100,000 books in the hands of refugee children in Kenya – will be the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award’s 2023 global laureate. “Abdullahi Mire is living…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Nov 20, 2023

End the killing of children in armed conflict, United Nations committee urges

More than 4,600 children have been killed in Gaza in only five weeks

With one out of every five children worldwide living within armed conflict zones, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child marks World Children’s Day in a sombre mood and calls for ceasefires and a return to basics of humanitarian law to safeguard all children. The Committee today issued the following…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Nov 10, 2023

Sudan: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warns of increasing violence and human rights violations against civilians in Darfur

The conflict in Sudan has, since April 2023, displaced more than 4.8 million people inside the country and a further 1.2 million to neighbouring countries

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned at the latest developments in Sudan as fighting escalates in the Darfur region. Those who have managed to escape across borders are arriving in droves. More than 8,000 people have fled into neighbouring Chad in the last week alone – a figure…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Nov 05, 2023

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative meets with Egyptian Minister of Education

During the meeting, Dr. Hamdan commended the role the Government of Egypt plays in providing access to education to the majority of refugees and asylum-seekers

The Representative of the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to the Arab Republic of Egypt and to the League of Arab States, Dr. Hanan Hmadan, met with the Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education in Egypt, Dr. Reda Hegazy earlier this week. During the meeting, Dr. Hamdan commended the…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Nov 04, 2023

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports progress on tackling statelessness

The Republic of the Congo has become the latest country to accede to the Statelessness Conventions

Important results have been achieved worldwide this year to help resolve the devastating impact of statelessness, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reports today as it marks the 9th anniversary of its decade-long #IBelong campaign. In 2023, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Moldova introduced legislative safeguards to help prevent statelessness at…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Oct 20, 2023

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) commends the Republic of the Congo’s commitment to end statelessness

UNHCR reported over 4.4 million people as being stateless or of undetermined nationality in 95 countries in 2022

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the Government and people of the Republic of the Congo for its recent accession to the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. In a country with a population of nearly 6 million, approximately…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Sep 21, 2023

Government of Egypt, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) organize a joint workshop with all partners to kick off the 2024 Egypt Refugee Response Plan

The 2024 Egypt RRP will outline how humanitarian and development organizations will address the needs of all refugee populations in Egypt, as well as host communities and other affected populations

A High-level workshop, co-organized today, Thursday, 21 September, in Cairo by the Government of Egypt (GOE) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, marks the formal launch of the planning process for the 2024 Egypt Refugee Response Plan (RRP), representing an opportunity to build on the strong partnership between GOE and…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Sep 19, 2023

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Health Organization (WHO) warn of deteriorating health conditions as 1,200 children die of suspected measles, malnutrition in Sudan

Health facilities are under immense pressure due to shortages of staff, life-saving medicine and critical equipment

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization (WHO) are again sounding the alarm on the worsening health situation caused by the Sudan crisis. According to UNHCR teams in Sudan’s White Nile state, more than 1,200 refugee children under 5 have died in nine camps in the period…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Sep 10, 2023

The United Nations Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) Grandi praises Chad’s role hosting Sudanese; more aid urgently needed

The conflict in neighboring Sudan has forced a staggering number of people to cross into Chad in search of safety

Chad is in urgent need of further international support to help it cope with the surge in the number of refugees arriving from war-torn Sudan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said. During a four-day visit to Chad, alongside the World Bank Managing Director for Operations, Anna Bjerde,…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Sep 05, 2023

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) commits to climate action in Africa to protect displaced populations and foster resilience

Across the region, climate impacts continue to exacerbate the challenges vulnerable populations face with the combination of conflict and drought severely affecting their search for safety, basic necessities and a means to survive

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reaffirms its dedication to climate action as a central element of its mission to address displacement and provide protection to vulnerable populations in Africa. UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf Mazou, and Director General and Special Representative of the United Nations Climate Change Conference…

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