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Many risk death from stray mortar rounds and stay in bullet-scarred houses.

An average of 14 people have died every day in the Mediterranean Sea during 2016, the highest number ever recorded.

As the Mosul conflict enters its third month, and the number of people displaced climbs, UNHCR is bolstering its capacity to host and support civilians fleeing the fighting as cold weather sets in.

Humanitarian action alone can do little to protect in a situation where there is seemingly a collapse of common humanity on all sides.

UNHCR is grateful to its many donors who support our cash-based aid.

The onset of winter makes it even more vital that families are kept warm and dry – a small comfort after months spent living in constant fear.

The updated plan provides an overhauled set of best practices, taking into account larger and more complex flows of people in today’s world.

Many of those who have fled eastern districts are now in unfinished or partly destroyed buildings. Unsanitary conditions and overcrowding are already challenges in a congested city with few open spaces.

“I burn plastic and cardboard in order to get some warmth during the winter,” says 70-year-old Aisha, who fled her home in rural Damascus five years ago.

The number of Iraqis that have fled the fighting for control of the country’s second city reaches almost 73,000.