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UNHCR to Cut 3,000-4,000 Jobs Due to Reduced US Aid

UNHCR to Cut 3,000-4,000 Jobs Due to Reduced US Aid

Tue 20 May 2025 21:58 CEST

The UN's refugee agency UNHCR is making drastic cuts due to withdrawn American aid. Between 3,000 and 4,000 jobs will be eliminated

Refugee Housing Solutions Highlighted at Venice Biennale

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Refugee Housing Solutions Highlighted at Venice Biennale

Mon 5 May 2025 08:15 CEST

What is a home? That question is posed when provisional refugee accommodations are showcased at the Venice Biennale. It becomes like a patchwork of different building techniques and building forms, says Johan Karlsson from Swedish Better Shelter

Kyiv Air Strike: UNHCR Worker Describes Violent Attack

Kyiv Air Strike: UNHCR Worker Describes Violent Attack

Thu 24 Apr 2025 19:44 CEST

Russia carried out one of the largest air strikes against Kyiv since the invasion began during the night to Thursday – with many deaths and injured people as a result. It was really a quite violent air strike, says Danish Elisabeth Haslund at UNHCR in Kyiv

Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as Refugees Flee Sudan to South Sudan

Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as Refugees Flee Sudan to South Sudan

Tue 15 Apr 2025 05:45 CEST

Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a raging war end up in perhaps the world's poorest country. Many of them have previously moved in the opposite direction

Over 400 Feared Dead in Sudan's North Darfur Attacks

Over 400 Feared Dead in Sudan's North Darfur Attacks

Mon 14 Apr 2025 19:10 CEST

Over 400 people are feared to have been killed in the latest attacks by paramilitary RSF in the state of North Darfur in Sudan, according to sources at the UN.

UN Reports Over 21,600 Syrians Flee to Lebanon After Violence

UN Reports Over 21,600 Syrians Flee to Lebanon After Violence

Tue 25 Mar 2025 19:18 CET

More than 21,600 people have fled from Syria to Lebanon after the wave of violence in western Syria at the beginning of March, according to the UN's refugee agency UNHCR.

Sudanese Refugees Seek Shelter in Chad as Aid Dwindles

Sudanese Refugees Seek Shelter in Chad as Aid Dwindles

Sat 22 Mar 2025 16:17 CET

Europe has closed the door. The USA is turning its back

Over 100,000 Flee Eastern Congo Amid Escalating Violence

Over 100,000 Flee Eastern Congo Amid Escalating Violence

Fri 21 Mar 2025 13:46 CET

The violence in eastern Congo-Kinshasa has forced over 100,000 inhabitants to flee to neighboring countries, reports the UN's refugee agency UNHCR.

Millions fleeing spread across the Sahel: "A storm"

Millions fleeing spread across the Sahel: "A storm"

Mon 17 Mar 2025 11:05 CET

Europe has closed the door. The USA is turning its back

Over one million have fled to South Sudan

Over one million have fled to South Sudan

Wed 22 Jan 2025 14:40 CET

600 deported to dangerous desert road – criticism of EU

600 deported to dangerous desert road – criticism of EU

Fri 10 Jan 2025 21:02 CET

600 Nigerians have been deported from Libya. The group was forced to make a dangerous and traumatic journey through the desert, writes The Guardian

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Mon 30 Dec 2024 06:00 CET

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians on the run may return home in the coming months, according to the UN. But for this to happen, political stability and reconstruction of the country are required, says Annika Sandlund at UNHCR

Sweden pauses all asylum cases for Syrians

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Sweden pauses all asylum cases for Syrians

Mon 9 Dec 2024 16:08 CET

The Migration Agency is pausing all cases for Syrians who are currently seeking asylum in Sweden. Syrians who are to be deported will not be sent back either

New Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

New Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

Sat 26 Oct 2024 12:11 CEST

Sweden sends more money to Lebanon

Sweden sends more money to Lebanon

Sat 5 Oct 2024 11:00 CEST

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

Nobel Prize Facts Package 2024

Nobel Prize Facts Package 2024

Fri 4 Oct 2024 11:08 CEST

UNHCR: 100,000 have fled from Lebanon

UNHCR: 100,000 have fled from Lebanon

Mon 30 Sept 2024 09:57 CEST

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

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

Sun 29 Sept 2024 06:51 CEST

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

UN Refugee Agency: Difficult to Support Ukraine in Winter

UN Refugee Agency: Difficult to Support Ukraine in Winter

Thu 26 Sept 2024 21:37 CEST

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.

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

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

Sat 3 Aug 2024 18:10 CEST

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

Sudan: One of the World's Worst Humanitarian Crises

Sudan: One of the World's Worst Humanitarian Crises

Thu 20 Jun 2024 11:39 CEST

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

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

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

Wed 5 Jun 2024 01:35 CEST

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