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@RefugeesMedia - 17/08/2021
UNHCR has released non-return advisory for Afghanistan, calling for a bar on forced returns of Afghan nationals, including asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected https://t.co/fuAJSEYRk4 @refugees
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@RefugeesMedia - 13/08/2021
UN Refugee Agency latest update on Afghanistan: 400,000 civilians forcibly displaced since the start of the year. Of the almost 250,000 forced from their homes sine the end of May, most - 80% - are women and children. https://t.co/w4x0Kkysgd
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@RefugeesMedia - 13/08/2021
Humanitarian and protection needs are growing and UNHCR is seeking further financial support. We have received just 36 per cent of the US$205 million required for our DRC operation
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@RefugeesMedia - 13/08/2021
UNHCR is calling on the authorities to urgently scale up security to protect civilians, especially women and girls; allow humanitarian access; and for investigations to be launched and the perpetrators to be brought to justice
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@RefugeesMedia - 13/08/2021
UNHCR and its partners continue to work with local authorities and humanitarian actors to ensure that psychosocial and medical support is provided to survivors, but the ongoing conflict and long distances to reach health centres make it extremely difficult to access assistance
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@RefugeesMedia - 13/08/2021
Partners in Kongolo and Mbulula recorded 243 incidents of rape in just a fortnight, 48 involved minors. This is an average of 17 attacks a day. The actual figures are likely higher as reporting of GBV remains taboo and survivors can face stigma and exclusion from families.
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@RefugeesMedia - 13/08/2021
More than 23,000 people have been displaced since May in northern Tanganyika’s Kongolo Territory alone, according to local authorities. Most have fled insecurity multiple times in the past three months
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@RefugeesMedia - 13/08/2021
UNHCR gravely concerned about widespread and systematic sexual violence against Congolese women and girls, perpetrated by armed groups in the DR Congo’s Tanganyika Province, where thousands have been internally displaced this year https://t.co/4Q8ODcDYsJ @refugees
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@RefugeesMedia - 11/08/2021
The Title 42 expulsion flights will also further strain overburdened humanitarian response capacity in southern Mexico, heighten risk of C-19 transmission, and run counter to responsibility sharing among countries of the region to address root causes of forced displacement.
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@RefugeesMedia - 11/08/2021
Removal from the U.S. to southern Mexico, outside any official transfer agreement with appropriate legal safeguards, increases the risk of chain refoulement, in contravention of international law and principles of the 1951 Refugee Convention.
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