Displaced and stateless women and girls at heightened risk of gender-based violence in the coronavirus pandemic
Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes, the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Gillian Triggs, warned today. “We need to pay urgent attention […]
As COVID-19 pandemic continues, forcibly displaced children need more support than ever
Joint statement by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, and Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UN agencies welcome first relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece
Agencies urge other EU Member States to also follow through on relocation pledges
The Council of Europe and UNHCR support Member States in bringing refugee health workers into the COVID-19 response
Ελληνικά As many European countries continue to struggle with the unprecedent COVID-19 crisis, the Council of Europe and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today encourage States to benefit from the support refugee health professionals can provide to national health systems at this critical juncture. “In recent weeks, several States in […]
Children’s storybook released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Press Release A new storybook that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations […]
The rights and health of refugees, migrants and stateless must be protected in COVID-19 response
Joint press release from OHCHR, IOM, UNHCR and WHO