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@RefugeesMedia - 11/08/2021
UNHCR concerned about new US expulsion flights of asylum-seekers + migrants to southern Mexico. Those aboard those flights who may have protection needs risk being sent back to the very dangers they fled in their countries of origin in Central America. https://t.co/WNsJrBuzes
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/08/2021
We continue to call all parties to the conflict to protect civilians in line with their obligations under international humanitarian law and request safe and unhindered access to reach all those in need
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/08/2021
UNHCR is appealing for US$164.5 million to assist 96,000 Eritrean refugees and 650,000 internally displaced people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and up to 120,000 Ethiopian refugees in eastern Sudan
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/08/2021
In the past week, humanitarian access into Tigray has improved and UNHCR staff and 12 trucks carrying emergency aid have reached Mekelle, the region’s capital. Unhindered humanitarian access into Tigray and throughout the region must be ensured by all parties to the conflict
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/08/2021
UNHCR is calling for safe passage which will allow refugees from Mai Aini and Adi Harush to be moved to the new site of Alemwach, near Dabat town, some 135 kilometers away
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/08/2021
UNHCR's access is still limited by a complex and fluid security situation and refugees continue to face dire conditions. Basic services such as healthcare remain unavailable, and clean drinking water is running out.
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/08/2021
We have regained access to the Mai Aini and Adi Harush camps for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Violent clashes in the area had prevented UNHCR staff from reaching the camps since 13 July https://t.co/oyiu8n0zxd @refugees
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@RefugeesMedia - 30/07/2021
UNHCR calls for more sustained efforts to address the root causes of forced displacement. It also calls for the expansion of safe and legal pathways for refugees, which are instrumental to providing viable alternatives to human smuggling and trafficking
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@RefugeesMedia - 30/07/2021
More robust and longer-term funding for protection services is urgently needed “This is likely to become even more critical, if ongoing or recently intensified conflicts in the region – from Ethiopia to Burkina Faso – lead to continued displacement" @cochetel
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@RefugeesMedia - 30/07/2021
“Collectively, we need to do more to end these abuses and increase services along these routes for people requiring access to protection” @cochetel
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