News Stories
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Conflicts push internal displacement to record high
2 May 2020IDMC study finds more people than ever displaced by violence inside their own countries, but a “wind of change” means there is a greater willingness to tackle the issue.
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Storytellers brighten lives of refugee children on coronavirus lockdown
30 Apr 2020Volunteers in Spain are recording bedtime stories to share with children in reception centres via WhatsApp in a UNHCR-backed project.
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COVID-19: Your Support in Action
23 Apr 2020Your steadfast support has helped UNHCR bring life-saving aid in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic – to the most vulnerable families in Bangladesh, Syria, Jordan, the Philippines, and many more.
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Support for internally displaced people needs to be ‘urgently stepped up’
22 Apr 2020UNHCR’s Sumbul Rizvi reflects on why the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement remain so important, especially amid new dangers posed by coronavirus.
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COVID-19: UNHCR warns of severe implications for annual monsoon response in Bangladesh
21 Apr 2020This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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Cate Blanchett’s ‘Films of Hope’ to watch on coronavirus lockdown
21 Apr 2020The actor, director and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador recommends six movies for homebound film-lovers during COVID-19 crisis.
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‘If COVID-19 arrives in the camp, it will be devastating’
21 Apr 2020Rohingya refugee Saidul Hoque describes how life in the refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar has changed since a lockdown started to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
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Displaced and stateless women and girls at heightened risk of gender-based violence in the coronavirus pandemic
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As COVID-19 pandemic continues, forcibly displaced children need more support than ever
20 Apr 2020Joint statement by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, and Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Coronavirus – Now is not the time to forget Afghanistan and its neighbours
19 Apr 2020This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the 14 Apr 2020 press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urges greater support to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran in […]