Congolese refugee turns plastic waste into a profitable business
Congolese refugee turns plastic waste into a profitable business
Raphael Basemi at one of the three plastic collection centres he runs in Kakuma refugee camp.
UNHCR helps to save lives and build better futures for the millions of people forced to flee their homes.
Since 1950, we have faced multiple crises on multiple continents, and provided vital protection and assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, many of whom have nobody left to turn to.
We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home.
Key facts and figures
at the end of 2021 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.
Low- and middle-income countries hosted 83 per cent of the world’s refugees and Venezuelans displaced abroad.*
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Climate emergency
This El Nino season has caused global heavy rains, flooding, and landslides. From the East and Horn of Africa to Brazil, families have been flooded out of their homes, with nowhere else to go.
Sadly, disasters like flooding are only going to become more common, as the climate crisis creates more extreme weather patterns and drives more people to flee their homes.
UNCHR is on the ground responding to these climate emergencies, helping people rebuild after losing everything. But we don’t stop there. UNHCR is also working with affected communities to better prepare and adapt to extreme climate conditions.
Please donate to support this vital work.
The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat. It’s happening right now, and those forced to flee conflict are being hit the hardest.
could provide a tent as emergency shelter for families displaced by flooding in Kenya
could provide 10 mattresses so people displaced by the floods do not have to sleep on the ground
could provide five hygiene kits to help prevent the spread of waterborne diseases
UNHCR Annual Global Trends Report
DATA AND STATISTICS
UNHCR annual Global Trends report 2021
UNHCR's Global Trends report presents key statistical trends and the latest numbers of refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons.
If ongoing conflicts remain unresolved and the risks of new ones erupting are not reined in, one aspect that will define the twenty-first century will be the continuously growing numbers of people forced to flee and the increasingly dire options available to them.
