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Food shortages and aid cuts put more displaced women at risk of gender-based violence

Around the world, forcibly displaced women and girls are bearing the brunt of deteriorating economies, rising prices and a lack of funding for humanitarian responses.
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Goal Click allows displaced people to document the healing power of football

The project puts cameras in the hands of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people in Latin America, keen to show how football has helped them.
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Displaced people from climate frontlines raise their voices at COP27

At this year's climate summit, displaced people warned that their attempts to adapt to the changing climate are being overwhelmed by repeated extreme weather events.
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Services for Refugees

Burundi. UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner visits and interacts with refugee families in Nyakanda refugee camp, Burundi

Burundi needs more support to give returnees and refugees a fresh start

News and StoriesStories18 Nov 2022

Namibia, Refugees in the Osire settlement are feeling the impacts of funding cuts and climate change

Refugees in Namibia face double threat of funding cuts and climate change

News and StoriesStories17 Nov 2022

Help families survive this winter

This coming winter will be very challenging for millions of people forced to flee their homes around the world.

Many refugees and displaced families will have to face winter struggling to keep warm.

We need to act now, before it's too late. Your donation can help keep refugees safe and warm this winter.

Help now

US$ 1500

could help to insulate a home in Ukraine

US$ 265

could provide winter cash assistance to a displaced family in Afghanistan to help them buy heating fuel and winter clothes

US$ 76

could provide an electrical heating appliance to a family in Ukraine to keep their home warm

(image © UNHCR/Houssam Hariri)

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Information for refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons

Visit our Help site to find information about asylum procedures, your rights and duties and many more topics.

UNHCR's Global Appeal for 2023

The Global Appeal is UNHCR's annual publication describing its plans for the coming year and the outlook for forcibly displaced and stateless people in 2023.