Tag: UNHCR

More than half of the world’s 14.8 million school-aged refugee children are currently missing out on formal education,

"Hope Away from Home", an initiative of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), aims at garnering support and firm commitments from nations to safeguard the rights of individuals fleeing conflict, violence, and persecution. This campaign comes at a time of unparalleled forced displacement across the globe.

The global refugee crisis is deepening, with over 2.4 million refugees in need of resettlement in 2024, marking a 20% increase compared to the previous year. Urgent action is required to address the escalating challenges faced by millions of refugees and displaced individuals worldwide, According to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs Assessment for 2024.

The war in Ukraine, alongside other conflict and climate-driven upheaval led more people to leave their homes last year, heightening the urgency for immediate, collective action to alleviate the global crisis, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said.   

Even after a month, there is no end in sight to the Russian-Ukraine war, which has raised a humanitarian urgency unheard in...

As the war in Ukraine continues for the 13th day, what is the number of soldiers and civilians killed? Only speculations and claims by...

Is the world seeing one of the largest refugee crises in Europe since the World War II? As per the data from the United...

With Ukraine war, what will happen to the unaccompanied and separated children? This is quite worrisome with the United Nations agencies calling for protecting...

The UN and partners launched a more than five billion dollars funding appeal for Afghanistan on Tuesday, in the hope of shoring up collapsing...

With climate change, violence and conflict increasing every day, the world witnessed a raise in forced displacement in the first half of 2021. Apart...