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New Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

The Government has decided on a new humanitarian aid package to Ukraine of 110 million kronor. The largest part will go towards helping the civilian population during the winter, for example by securing access to heat, electricity, medicine, and water.

New Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

Sweden sends more money to Lebanon

Sweden is providing Lebanon with new support of over 80 million kronor. The reason is the critical situation on the ground.

Sweden sends more money to Lebanon

Nobel Prize Facts Package 2024

Alfred Nobel (born 1833 in Stockholm, died 1896 in San Remo, Italy) is Sweden's most famous inventor and industrial leader. His most important invention was dynamite, which he patented in 1867.

Nobel Prize Facts Package 2024

UNHCR: 100,000 have fled from Lebanon

Around 100,000 people have fled from Lebanon to Syria since the escalation of the conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon began, according to an estimate from the UN's refugee agency UNHCR. 60 percent of the refugees are estimated to be Syrians and 40 percent Lebanese, according to the organization, which is present at four official border crossings between Lebanon and Syria.

UNHCR: 100,000 have fled from Lebanon

They Flee Lebanon in Panic: "She Carried Two Dead Children"

People are seeking shelter on the streets of Beirut and refugees are returning to war-torn Syria. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating dramatically in Lebanon after Israel's bombardment.

They Flee Lebanon in Panic: "She Carried Two Dead Children"

UN Refugee Agency: Difficult to Support Ukraine in Winter

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says that the operation in Ukraine is not sufficiently funded and that it may be difficult to help the vulnerable during the winter. .

UN Refugee Agency: Difficult to Support Ukraine in Winter

The UN warns: Famine disaster threatens to engulf the entire region

There is now famine in Sudan, states a UN-affiliated panel. It is the first time in seven years that the panel has stated famine.

The UN warns: Famine disaster threatens to engulf the entire region

Sudan: One of the World's Worst Humanitarian Crises

The ongoing war in Sudan has caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world in decades, according to the organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Warnings are also coming from the UN's refugee agency UNHCR, which states that the risk of famine has risen in the country.

Sudan: One of the World's Worst Humanitarian Crises

UN: USA's new asylum laws "deeply disturbing"

The UN refugee agency UNHCR expresses concern over the USA's new stricter asylum rules. "UNHCR is deeply concerned about the new asylum regulations announced by the USA today", writes the organization in a statement.

UN: USA's new asylum laws "deeply disturbing"