UN Secretary-General receives UNHCR #WithRefugees petition
NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today received a petition – #WithRefugees – from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed by more than 1.2 million people expressing solidarity with millions of people across ...
Refugee girls beat the odds with education in Kenya
Providing refugee children and adolescents with an education wherever they find safety is a core humanitarian service, yet many do not have the opportunity. Esther, 18, did not attend school from late 2008 through ...
Refugees fleeing South Sudan pass one million mark
With this milestone, South Sudan joins Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia as countries which have produced more than a million refugees. GENEVA – The number of South Sudanese refugees sheltering in neighbouring countries has this ...#WithRefugees petition heads to UN Secretary-General
With over 1.3 million signatures, the petition will be handed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and General Assembly President Peter Thomson in New York. NEW YORK – We asked you to show solidarity with ...
Mobile connectivity a lifeline for refugees, report finds
New study by UNHCR and Accenture finds mobile phone and internet access is as critical to refugees’ safety and security as food, shelter and water. GENEVA – As well as being essential for keeping ...
Displaced Syrian swimmer competes at Paralympics
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Syrian swimmer Ibrahim Al-Hussein made a splash at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the heat of the 100-metre freestyle on Monday. While he did not ...
Concerns for Nigerian returnees
GENEVA – Hundreds of internally displaced people are returning to devastated villages and towns recently liberated from Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria’s Borno state, raising concerns about living conditions, basic services and security in ...
Hundreds of Nigerians return to devastated homes
Hundreds of internally displaced Nigerians are returning to devastated villages and towns that have recently been liberated by the Nigerian armed forces in the north-eastern state of Borno. UNHCR expects the number to grow in ...