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After five years of a brutal and senseless conflict, over a quarter of a million Syrians have been killed and over half the population forced from their homes out of fear and want.

We are running out of time; strong leadership and vision are urgently needed from European leaders. This is as much a crisis of European solidarity as it is a refugee crisis.

Some of the most intense fighting in the ongoing conflict in Yemen, now in its tenth month, has been centered in Taizz city where more than 200,000 people are cut-off from regular access to humanitarian aid.

Refugee and migrant women and girls on the move in Europe face grave risks of sexual and gender-based violence.

They call it the ‘Winter Cell.’ A small conference room in the bowels of the UNHCR HQ in Geneva. It has no windows, but computers and walls draped in screens and maps with handwritten and ever-changing numbers.

The majority of refugees are insufficiently dressed for the weather, have no winter boots, and many already have health problems due to cold weather elsewhere.

Turkey has welcomed 2.5 million Syrians. It is the largest refugee-hosting country in the world.

UNHCR Philippines invites interested firms/suppliers to submit a firm offer for the development, maintenance, design, and digital marketing of the UNHCR Philippines website.

The massive arrival of refugees in Europe has opened the eyes of this very rich part of the world to the fact that refugees have massive needs that are not met.

High Commissioner Grandi takes up the position at a time of unprecedented displacement challenges.