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Ongoing emergencies

We are currently responding to ongoing emergencies in multiple countries, working to keep people safe while they are on the move and displaced from their homes.

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A UNHCR staff member speaks with a Syrian refugee woman in Lebanon
© UNHCR/Diego Ibarra Sánchez

We are currently responding to emergency situations in multiple countries.

Learn more about the situation, how UNHCR is helping, and how you can support people forced to flee.

Portrait of Alphonsine, an internally displaced woman in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
DR Congo emergency
Insecurity, violence and disasters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have displaced an estimated 5 million people between 2017 and 2019. Hundreds of thousands more have fled to neighbouring countries, as worsening violence destroys lives and livelihoods across the country.
Kenya. New arrivals
Horn of Africa drought emergency
As the Horn of Africa enters its sixth consecutive rainy season with no rain, displacement continues to climb as millions from Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia struggle to survive amid scarce water resources, hunger, insecurity and conflict.
A woman walking beside a donkey, on which two children are sitting
Sudan emergency
Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to flee the deadly clashes in Sudan. UNHCR is delivering humanitarian aid inside Sudan and its neighbouring countries, including Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Central African Republic.

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Your gift can help protect someone forced to flee their home due to conflict or persecution.

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