(UNHCR) –The UN Refugee Agency launched a regional winter campaign to protect the most vulnerable refugee families in Lebanon and other neighboring countries from a possible repeat of last year’s winter storms. Through its online donation platform – http://leben.unhcr.org –…
(UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said today it had begun distributing raincoats, blankets and other relief items to tens of thousands of refugees buffeted by the first winter storms that have already struck many parts of Central and South…
The number of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria to neighbouring countries has now passed four million, confirming that crisis as the world’s single largest refugee crisis for almost a quarter of a century under UNHCR’s mandate. New arrivals in…
A UNHCR report, released today, shows that worldwide displacement from wars, conflict, and persecution is at the highest levels we have recorded, and accelerating fast. UNHCR’s new annual Global Trends report shows a sharp escalation in the number of people…
International Medical Corps will participate in this year’s Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference & Exhibition (DIHAD) event focused on “Opportunity, Mobility & Sustainability”. The organisation will share knowledge and highlight new trends in humanitarian assistance, and network among…
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 15, 2015: UNHCR has launched an online digital platform aimed at significantly enhancing private sector engagement and support for the Syria humanitarian response. The launch comes as the Syria crisis approaches its fourth anniversary, with…
A convoy from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) loaded with food and humanitarian supplies arrived Saturday in western Libya to help thousands of families displaced from the recent fighting near Tripoli. “Although…
More than half a million children in northern Iraq will be forced to miss the beginning of the academic year as hundreds of schools are still occupied by people fleeing the ongoing violence, Save the Children warns. In Dohuk governorate…
Save the Children is committing to supporting Jammu & Kashmir government’s immediate appeal for flood relief items by providing 5000 blankets. Following reports of a children’s hospital in Srinagar being flooded, Save the Children is especially concerned about the plight…
The number of aid workers killed, kidnapped and seriously wounded has reached the highest number ever recorded, according to new figures published today on World Humanitarian Day. World Humanitarian Day marks the anniversary of the UN Headquarters bombing in Baghdad…