NEWS
On the Anniversary of the Syrian Conflict IOM Stands in Solidarity with First Responders, Host Communities, Displaced Populations
*Posted on the IOM website the 03/17/2020* Geneva – Violence continues to devastate the lives of Syrians as the conflict there enters its tenth year this week. Since 2011, millions of people have been uprooted from their homes and entire cities destroyed, leaving...
UNHCR calls on warring parties to protect civilians in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions
23 April 2020 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for greater protection for people caught up in violence resulting from an upsurge in military action against armed groups in West Africa’s Sahel and Lake Chad regions. Thousands of people have fled homes and...
Support for internally displaced people needs to be ‘urgently stepped up’
16 April 2020 Millions of people are forced to flee their homes each year because of conflict or violence. While some cross borders to find safety, many seek refuge within their home countries, often in camps or informal settlements. They share many of the same...
West and Central Africa: UNHCR steps up efforts as combined challenges of conflict and coronavirus threaten millions of people
17 April 2020 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has stepped up efforts across West and Central Africa to protect millions of vulnerable people who are facing a renewed risk from the combined effects of conflict and the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has exacerbated...
Massive floods in DRC’s South Kivu impact 80,000 people, kill dozens
21 April 2020 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with local authorities and partners to immediately assist some 80,000 people affected by heavy floods in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Significant rainfall in South Kivu’s...
Help arrives on three wheels for displaced Yemeni recyclers
After spending 12 hours collecting metal and plastic waste, Said delivers his hauls to recycling industry wholesalers in the city in exchange for the equivalent of around US$4 each day. It may seem a small sum for the time and effort involved, but having been forced...
6 Faces of the Sahel Crisis
In Burkina Faso, almost nowhere is safe. Armed groups, extremists and criminal gangs wage terror on a daily basis, murdering those who refuse to fight alongside them. The killers shoot families to death. They rape and torture women. They destroy anything that...
22nd anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
PRESS STATEMENT 17 April 2020 On the 22nd anniversary of the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, a group of leading United Nations displacement experts and institutions have come together to reiterate the importance of a united...
UNHCR alarmed about worsening conditions for newly displaced in eastern DRC
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 11 February 2020 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned by the worsening situation in...
Fresh violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva 07 February 2020 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is boosting its response in Mozambique’s Cabo...