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Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Apr 23, 2024

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) wins prestigious Webby Award for YouTube series challenging perceptions about refugees

The series pairs popular content creators with refugees in Jordan, Germany and Uganda who share the same passions for music, food, and innovation

We Were Here, a three-part video series produced in partnership by UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and YouTube to challenge perceptions about refugees, has won the people’s choice award in the documentary category of the Webby Awards. The series pairs popular content creators with refugees in Jordan, Germany and Uganda who…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Apr 22, 2024

Congolese refugee turns plastic waste into a profitable business

Raphael Basemi’s recycling business is providing jobs for other refugees and the host community and helping preserve the environment in Kenya’s Kakuma camp

Raphael Basemi has come a long way since arriving in Kenya’s Kakuma camp in 2009 with just a bag of clothes and his education certificates. The Congolese refugee now runs the largest community-led recycling enterprise in the camp, providing hundreds of jobs for other refugees and local community members. "When…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Apr 22, 2024

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) completes two vital Japan-funded projects in Sudan

With a total funding of USD 2.2 million, these projects had a significant impact on the lives of forcibly displaced people and hosting communities in Sudan

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Sudan is pleased to announce the successful completion of two critical projects funded by the Government of Japan, aimed at addressing the urgent needs of refugees, asylum-seekers, and host communities affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan. The first project provided life-saving shelter and core-relief…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Apr 09, 2024

Thousands still fleeing Sudan daily, after one year of war

The number of Sudanese forced to flee has now surpassed 8.5 million people, with 1.8 million of them having crossed borders

A year on, the war in Sudan continues to rage, with the country and its neighbours experiencing one of the largest and most challenging humanitarian and displacement crises in the world. The number of Sudanese forced to flee has now surpassed 8.5 million people, with 1.8 million of them having…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Mar 28, 2024

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partners urge renewed support for South Sudanese refugees with new funding appeal

Partners will build on gains already made with host governments and regional bodies to improve the protection environment for refugees and asylum-seekers through enhanced access to asylum and civil documentation

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with 123 partners, is seeking $1.4 billion this year to meet the needs of 2.3 million South Sudanese refugees living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. A similar number of people living in local communities in the…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Mar 26, 2024

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urges immediate action amid heightened risks for displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

UNHCR, the UNHCR Refugee Agency, is raising the alarm as ongoing violence in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reaches a devastating level. Two years of cyclical conflict in the North Kivu territories of Rutshuru and Masisi have forced over 1.3 million people to flee their…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Feb 23, 2024

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) lauds African Union move to address statelessness across the continent

This initiative fulfils a pledge made by the AU Commission at the UNHCR High Level Segment on Statelessness in October 2019 and subsequently at the first Global Refugee Forum

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the adoption this week of a Protocol by the African Union (AU) Assembly of States to eradicate statelessness and advance inclusion for millions of stateless people on the continent. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights Relating to the Specific…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Feb 07, 2024

As Sudan conflict fuels epic suffering, United Nations (UN) launches humanitarian and refugee response plans for 2024

Joint press release from OCHA and UNHCR

The United Nations and its partners today appealed for a combined $4.1 billion to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs of civilians in war-torn Sudan and those who have fled to neighbouring countries. Ten months since the conflict erupted, half of Sudan’s population – some 25 million people – needs…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Jan 31, 2024

In Ethiopia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCRs) Grandi urges more support for people fleeing Sudan

Since April 2023, over 100,000 people have crossed into Ethiopia from Sudan, including close to 47,000 refugees and asylum-seekers

With nearly 8 million people displaced by the brutal conflict in Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called for urgent and additional support to meet their needs. Concluding a three-day visit to Ethiopia this week, Grandi observed first-hand the efforts of the Government of Ethiopia, supported by…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Jan 26, 2024

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) applauds São Tomé and Principe's pledge to eradicate statelessness

Over 4.4 million individuals in 95 countries are reported to be stateless or of undetermined nationality according to UNHCR’s annual statistics

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, extends its appreciation to the Government and people of São Tomé and Principe for their commitment to ending statelessness through the recent accession to two statelessness conventions. On 15 January, São Tomé and Príncipe formally deposited its instruments of accession to the 1954 Convention relating…

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