UNHCR scales up immediate shelter support for Moria asylum seekers; urges for long-term solutions to address overcrowding on Greek islands

News Releases 17 Sep 2020
ภาพความเสียหายหลังเหตุเพลิงไหม้ที่ศูนย์ทะเบียนและเอกลักษณ์บุคคลในค่ายโมรีอา เกาะเลสวอส ประเทศกรีซ ©UNHCR Greece

UNHCR offers support as large fire destroys asylum center in Moria

News Releases 10 Sep 2020
A Malian refugee student plays the role of teacher at a school in Goudoubo camp. Because of rising insecurity teachers no longer show up and students often teach each other. © UNHCR/Sylvain Cherkaoui

Coronavirus a dire threat to refugee education

News Releases 3 Sep 2020

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Days after two explosions that ripped through Beirut, killing more than 178 people, over 6,500 injured, 300,000 left displaced and some still missing to date.  

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Today there are some 97,000 refugees in Thailand. Most refugees (91,940 as of August 2020, under reverification) are ethnic minorities from Myanmar, mainly Karen and Karenni, who live in nine camps in four provinces along the Thai-Myanmar border. There are also approximately 5,000 refugees and asylum-seekers of some 40 nationalities who live in Bangkok and the surrounding urban areas

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