UNHCR continues partnerships with Sheikhul Islam Office during Ramadan for the third year in Thailand amid COVID-19 crisis
UNHCR continues partnerships with Sheikhul Islam Office during Ramadan for the third year in Thailand amid COVID-19 crisis
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UNHCR scales up its “6th Ramadan and Zakat campaign” in Thailand to mobilize more support for people forced to flee
22 Mar 2023For the first time in history, the number of people forced to flee from war, conflict, violence, and persecution worldwide surpassed 103 million. New emergencies and protracted crises continue worldwide, with sometimes an emergency on top of an existing crisis, such as the latest earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria that […]
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Twelve years on, Syrian refugees face deepening debt and hunger
16 Mar 2023As their displacement drags on and host countries struggle with multiple crises, Syrian refugees around the region are slipping further into poverty.
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UNHCR celebrates the first anniversary of the “Leading Women Fund in Thailand,” an innovative and successful network of women philanthropists
3 Mar 2023For two decades, forced displacement has continued to increase worldwide. People are forced to flee homes due to war, conflict and persecution, and the number of people forced to flee reached a staggering number of 103 million – the highest-level on record since the Second World War. More than half […]
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Vital aid reaches Syrian quake survivors who – again – have lost everything
12 Feb 2023UNHCR delivers assistance to families left homeless by the disaster, while reopening of aid route to northwest Syria offers hope to those already displaced during country’s 12-year crisis.
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UNHCR responds to deadly earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
7 Feb 2023Teams from the UN Refugee Agency are on the ground to provide life-saving assistance to families affected by the disaster.
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Abandoned hospital gets new life as a home for Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria
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Ukrainian refugees relieve stress with a support dog named Noir
6 Jan 2023Worried by the war back home, young Ukrainian refugees in Hungary are finding new ways to maintain their mental health.
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls to reverse ban of women humanitarian workers in Afghanistan
4 Jan 2023The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, joins the heads of other humanitarian organizations in calling on Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to reverse its directive that restricts women from working with non-governmental organizations. “Preventing women from humanitarian work is a grave denial of their humanity. It will only result […]
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Somalis flee drought and conflict to Kenya’s Dadaab camps
28 Dec 2022Some 45,000 Somalis have arrived to Dadaab in 2022 and more are expected to arrive in the coming months, but resources to receive them are stretched.
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UNHCR seeks urgent action to save lives on boat adrift in the Andaman sea
8 Dec 2022UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urging countries in the region to immediately rescue and safely disembark a group of Rohingya refugees in distress, reported to be drifting in a non-seaworthy vessel in the Andaman Sea. UNHCR had earlier received reports of some 200 Rohingya refugees being stranded on a […]