Nigerian Educator honoured at 2017 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award ceremony
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR today honoured Zannah Mustapha with the 2017
Nansen Refugee Award at a ceremony in Geneva for founding a school in
Maiduguri, Nigeria, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency.
The…
UNHCR seeks support for Burundian refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for stronger international support
for Burundian refugees and their host communities, as chronic underfunding
severely hampers the humanitarian response in countries…
UNHCR launches urgent appeal to help Burundian refugees
With only 12 per cent funding, UNHCR and aid partners are grappling with increasing needs of Burundian refugees.
As new arrivals top half a million in Bangladesh, UNHCR getting ever more refugees into shelter
In a massive effort to cut the time Rohingya refugees spend in the open,
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, this week started distributing plastic
sheeting and essential relief items to refugees at the entry…
Moving refugees out of the rain in Bangladesh
To beat monsoon downpours, UNHCR is providing tarps to Rohingya as they cross the border from Myanmar.
Rohingya refugees have been fleeing Myanmar at a staggering rate (Roger Arnold and Ismail Ferdous, camera / Boris Weber, producer)
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