"UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGUEES - UNHCR"

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said it was working to relocate thousands of Central African refugees living in makeshift shelters on the border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) to safer sites where they can better receive humanitarian assistance and protection. UNHCR

Aid organisations are warning of a potential humanitarian disaster as hostilities rise and civilians flee the fighting in and around the city of Marib, some 120 kilometers east of the Yemeni capital Sana’a. UNTV CH

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said winter storms in the Middle East are worsening hardship for millions of refugees and internally displaced people. UNHCR

The world’s first COVID-19 vaccination centre in a refugee camp opened this week in Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan, operated by the Jordanian Ministry of Health and supported by UNHCR. UNHCR

Getting married in a refugee camp doesn’t mean giving up on your dream wedding dress. Nour has owned a wedding shop in Zaatari Camp for three years and with Valentine’s Day approaching she’s helping brides prepare for their big day. UNHCR

UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi met with Nicaraguans who have sought safety in Costa Rica, and witnessed the signature of an agreement to extend health insurance to 10,000 vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers with acute or chronic health care needs. UNHCR

More than 200,000 people have been forced to flee in the Central African Republic (CAR). UNHCR is urgently appealing to the international community to mobilize funds, so humanitarian organizations can deliver life-saving assistance to the Central African refugees and their hosts. UNHCR

In a mission to highlight lifesaving support for Venezuelans in Colombia, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited an informal settlement on Sunday housing refugees from Venezuela, as well as displaced. UNHCR

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi praised an announcement by Colombian President Ivan Duque of an initiative to provide ten-year temporary protection status to Venezuelans in the country as the “most important humanitarian gesture that has been made in this continent since the Cartagena Declaration in 1984.” UNHCR

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said the Colombia’s generosity in hosting Venezuelan refugees “should not be taken for granted” and appealed for international support for the country’s efforts which are under way to protect displaced people despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. UNHCR