Pandemic-hit Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis get help to grow food
Local marketplaces are helping struggling Bangladeshi farmers sell their produce while rooftop gardens are allowing Rohingya refugees to grow their own food. In Cox’s Bazar, the COVID-19 pandemic has made life even harder for some 880,000 Rohingya refugees living in...
UNHCR appeals for Mozambicans fleeing violence to be given access to asylum in Tanzania
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by ongoing reports of people...
Brazil’s policies boost inclusion of Venezuelans, but challenges remain
Joint UNHCR/World Bank Press Release Brasilia – A new study by the World Bank and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched today, highlights the challenges faced by Venezuelans forced to leave their country, as they attempt to build new lives in Brazil. An estimated...
“Rohingya delivering messages for Rohingya, to Rohingya. This is how we dreamed to have a film school.”
The film school Rohingya refugee Faruque Mohammed co-founded is now delivering COVID information to refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar. By Faruque Mohammed, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Faruque Mohammed, 33, is a Rohingya refugee and co-founder of Omar’s Film School in...
‘I’m not going to hide what I am anymore’
When a criminal gang targeted Ana and Paula’s* teenage daughter and son, the family ran for their lives. By Tim Gaynor in rural Mexico In the hardscrabble neighbourhood where her family lived in Honduras, criminal gang members took note when Paula’s daughter reached...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi’s message on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Today on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, I am thinking of the LGBTIQ+ refugees I’ve met – too many – for whom abuse and indignity has become a daily reality. Sadly, the pain often begins in their own homes, with their own families –...
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees calls for urgent support for one million displaced Central Americans and action to address root causes
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements is concluding today an extended mission to Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, where she met people forced to flee, heard about the risks families faced on their journeys to find protection and learned how, once...
Extreme weather leaves Ethiopian refugees vulnerable in eastern Sudan
As the rains begin in Sudan, UNHCR and partners race to shield refugees from the risk of flooding. By Catherine Wachiaya in Tunaydbah refugee settlement, Sudan Anna* recalls how just a few days ago she would sigh with relief as she stepped out of the scorching heat...