Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine and UNHCR Representative in Ukraine sign agreement to cooperate to help displaced families find sustainable and dignified housing solutions
Kyiv, 18 April 2022 – Today, Oleksii Chernyshov, Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine and Karolina Lindholm Billing, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ukraine signed a Memorandum of...
Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine and UNHCR Representative sign agreement to enable people displaced by the war to access their rights and find sustainable solutions to their displacement
Kyiv, 16 April 2022 – Yesterday, Iryna Vereshchuk, Vice Prime Minister – Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories and Karolina Lindholm Billing, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ukraine...
Ukrainian volunteer rallies village to welcome displaced families
As families fled west to escape fighting, Rymma Mytrak came up with a plan and with help from her neighbours opened a shelter for 80 people within days.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for immediate end to Ukraine war, which has uprooted over 10 million people
The entire humanitarian system is doing everything it can to reach people in need throughout the country
UNHCR and Ukrposhta collaborate to provide cash assistance to help 360,000 displaced people affected by the war in Ukraine
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched in cooperation with Ukrposhta a large-scale cash assistance programme to help vulnerable displaced people cover their basic needs.
Private sector donates over US$200 million to UNHCR’s Ukraine emergency response
As humanitarian needs continue to rise, UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls on the private sector for continued support.
Ukrainian family confronts new reality of life as refugees
After an arduous journey to safety, two-month-old Andrii is among the youngest of more than 2 million refugees from Ukraine, but his aunt already looks forward to the day he can return.
University dorm in western Ukraine offers escape for fleeing families
With nearly 2 million people forcibly displaced within Ukraine, UNHCR and its partners are responding to the dire humanitarian needs with shelter and other forms of aid.
UNHCR scales up for those displaced by war in Ukraine, deploys cash assistance
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.