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Trained medics working as cashiers and wait staff want their qualifications recognized so they can save lives in the pandemic.

Mini refugee ‘factory’ produces soap, liquid handwash, bleach and water containers for free distribution.

A version of this op-ed was first published by Al Jazeera on 18 May.

International artists, professors and friends from 30 countries, join Maestro Shlomo Mintz, team up for globe-spanning performance in support of the UN Refugee Agency’s COVID-19 appeal.

The consequences of coronavirus are taking a huge toll on the mental health of refugees, displaced and stateless people, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning today. “COVID-19 is not just a physical health crisis but it is now also triggering a mental health crisis. While many refugees and internally […]

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

With the threat of COVID-19, families in Mindanao who have fled their homes due to conflict are now facing an emergency on top of another emergency.

IDMC study finds more people than ever displaced by violence inside their own countries, but a “wind of change” means there is a greater willingness to tackle the issue.

Volunteers in Spain are recording bedtime stories to share with children in reception centres via WhatsApp in a UNHCR-backed project.