Somalia is at the heart of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today. Twenty years of conflict and waves of drought have uprooted a quarter of the country’s 7.5 million people. As the region faces its most severe drought in 60 years, the Somali exodus is growing fast. The refugees urgently need medical aid and high-protein, high-energy food. They also need clean water, shelter and basic services in the camps.
Over 5.4 million refugees have fled Syria since 2011, seeking safety in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and beyond. After almost six years of war in Syria, refugee vulnerabilities and poverty are on the rise, the impact on host communities continues to grow, and funding for the humanitarian response is not keeping up with the needs
Persecution, conflict and poverty forced over 1 million people to flee to Europe in 2015. Many came seeking safety for themselves and their families, risking their lives and facing a treacherous journey
Dû aux violences, hostilités, et violations des droits de l’homme ainsi qu’à une détérioration de la sécurité dans le nord du Mali depuis janvier 2012, un grand nombre de maliens ont cherché refuge au Burkina Faso, en Mauritanie et au Niger, tandis que d’autres ont été déplacés au sein de leur pays.
Le conflit avec Boko Haram dans le nord-est du Nigéria s’est propagé dans la région du Bassin du Lac Tchad, où les réfugiés nigérians sont accueillis depuis 2014. Ce conflit a causé un déplacement forcé de masse et une urgence humanitaire sans précédent au Cameroun, au Chad et au Niger.
Today, there are 25,000 Ivorian refugees hosted in Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Togo. Since 2011, UNHCR has facilitated the voluntary return in safety and dignity of over 65,000 Ivorian refugees and and continues to do so.
Humanitarian actors involved in the response to the outflow of civilians from Yemen due to the current conflict are committed to providing life-saving assistance and protection to those fleeing Yemen, pending durable solutions.
The civil unrest in Burundi has led to an outflow of over 210,000 refugees (as of 31 October 2015) to neighbouring countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Tanzania, and as far away as Uganda and Zambia. It started in Bujumbura in April 2015, with a peak in June, ahead of the contested Presidential election that took place on 21 July 2015. Since then, a tense political crisis and a climate of fear and intimidation have spread throughout the country.
The Information Management Common Service Portal is open to all humanitarian organizations as a way to help disseminate information that will assist refugees - in the nine Temporary Shelters located along Thailand’s border with Myanmar - in reaching freely informed decisions concerning their future lives, including the possibility of a voluntary return home
Le conflit arme en cours en Irak a entraine le deplacement de plus de 3 million de personnes qui ont fuit leur maison et on cherche refuge dans d'autres zones d'Irak. Les populations deplacees internes (PDIs) vivent actuellement dans plus de 2000 sites temporaires, mais egalement dans des logements autres que des camps (chez l'habitant, logement slocatifs) partout en Irak.
Following the 2015 election dispute in Mozambique, new influx of asylum seekers and Zimbabwean nationals flee Mozambique to neighbouring countries to seek protection
According to UNHCR estimates, statelessness affects up to 10 million people worldwide, over 1 million of which are in West Africa. There are many factors contributing to the risk of statelessness in the region, which suggest that the population at risk is very large.
Growing numbers of Venezuelans continue to leave their country, with public estimates in receiving countries totaling between hundreds of thousands to over one million. Between 2014 and 2017, over 100,000 asylum claims were lodged globally, half of which in 2017 alone (as of September). Over 190,000 Venezuelans have been granted an alternative form of legal status in their host countries, allowing them to remain there legally and to access basic rights and services.
