Opening of new primary health care centre in Kawergosk to support the local and refugee communities
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the General Directorate of Health (DoH) of the Kurdistan Reginal Government inaugurated the new Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC) in Kawergosk sub-district in Erbil governorate, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The new Kawergosk Public...
UNHCR is grateful for Government of Japan’s renewed commitment to support thousands of displaced persons, returnees, and Syrian refugees in Iraq
The Government of Japan contributed a generous USD five million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), renewing its longstanding commitment to improving the lives of vulnerable displaced families in Iraq in 2022. This contribution from Japan...
Syrian refugees in Iraq will lose access to basic foods without urgent funds
Syrian families living in camps in Iraq face alarming levels of food insecurity, according to a new figure from the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. With very little funding in place to assist people with their day-to-day lives, many appear...
On “Earth Day”, UN in Iraq Renews Commitment to Joint Climate Action
In recognition of the 52nd Earth Day today, the United Nations in Iraq renews its commitment to protect the environment, and jointly confront climate change. This is the first Earth Day celebrated within the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Anchored under the 2022...
UNHCR receives clothing donation from H&M for people forced to flee
In close collaboration with fashion retailer H&M, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is delivering clothes to more than 250,000 displaced people in Iraq. People who have been forced to leave everything behind are among the most vulnerable in the world, and...
UNHCR and AsiaHawala launch partnership and winter fundraising campaign to support displaced people and refugees in Iraq
Today, Adel Essam Hameed, Deputy CEO of AsiaHawala and Jean-Nicolas Beuze, Representative of UNHCR in Iraq, signed a partnership agreement to launch fundraising campaigns to support Syrian and other refugees and Iraqi families displaced by armed violence in the past...
16 Days of Activism: UN calls for justice for women and girls survivors of gender-based violence
As we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the launch of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), we are reminded that GBV harms women and girls’ health and well-being. According to the latest estimates, nearly...
The KRG Minister of Interior and UNHCR lay the foundation stone of the new registration centre in Baharka
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Ministry of Interior, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) today laid the foundation stone of the new Registration Centre in Baharka, Erbil, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). His Excellency, Reber Ahmed, KRG Minister of...
USA contributes USD 53.3 million to UNHCR operations, supporting the internally displaced and refugees in Iraq
UNHCR welcomes the generous contribution of USD 53.3 million by the Government of the United States of America (USA) towards UNHCR’s protection and assistance programmes to support vulnerable displaced persons (IDPs) and Syrian refugees in Iraq. This contribution...