Moving from Reaction to Action: Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots in the Sahel, says that, left unchecked, the climate emergency will further imperil Sahelian communities as devastating floods, droughts and heatwaves decimate access to water, food and livelihoods, and amplify the risk of conflict. This will ultimately force more people to flee…
Agency spokesperson Olga Sarrado said on Friday that millions of the world’s most vulnerable people will be without essential basics. “For many of the world’s forcibly displaced, this coming winter will be far more challenging than in recent years, with many displaced families having to choose between food and warmth…
Mr. Grandi expressed hope that these dimensions “will be in clearer focus” at the COP27 UN climate change conference, opening this weekend in Egypt, and at its successor conference in a year’s time. The climate emergency is ravaging resources and creating tensions, including between communities, particularly in already fragile…
There have been “multiple reports” of deportations since April which run contrary to international humanitarian law, UNHCR spokesperson, Shabia Mantoo, told journalists in Geneva. “According to information received by UNHCR, an asylum-seeker from Myanmar was deported on 21 October from detention despite UNHCR interventions…Such deportations of refugees and asylum-seekers amount…
Some 4.3 million face challenges accessing food, housing, and stable jobs, according to the Refugee and Migrant Needs Analysis (RMNA) analysis, conducted by the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, and its migration agency, IOM. They co-lead the Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V), and the report…
The conflict between the Teke and Yaka communities was reportedly sparked by a dispute over customary land taxes. Since July, the insecurity has forced thousands from their homes in Kwamouth, near the border with the Republic of Congo. Canoe escape Latest data indicates that 27,000 mainly women and children have…
“This desperate situation requires all concerned to ensure that no migrant is compelled to accept assisted return to an unsafe or unsustainable situation in their country of origin”, said acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif. Amidst a lack of protection within and outside Libya, migrants are subjected…
High Commissioner Filippo Grandi introduced this year’s global laureate, Angela Merkel at the award ceremony, crediting her vision, courage, and fortitude in welcoming more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers to Germany between 2015 and 2016 – during the height of the still on-going Syria conflict. “You demonstrated…
As the conflict in Cabo Delgado province has not subsided, UNHCR is appealing for both an end to the bloodshed and greater international support for the displaced and local communities hosting them. The situation has had a devastating impact on the population, Spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh told journalists in Geneva. Beheadings,…
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi lauded Ms. Merkel for displaying “great moral and political courage” in helping so many survive and rebuild their lives, who had been forced to flee brutal fighting at home. ‘Humanitarian imperative’ The former scientist, who led her country for 16 years, stepping down…
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