"REFUGEE ASSISTANCE"

Jeel Albena is the winner of the UNHCR’s 2021 Nansen Refugee Award, a prestigious annual prize that honours those who have gone to extraordinary lengths to help forcibly displaced or stateless people, for helping rebuild lives on the conflict’s frontlines in Yemen. UNHCR

Saber spent his childhood in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. At 22, he is now studying international development at a university in Italy, with plans to give back to his community so more children can access higher education opportunities that are far too limited for refugees.UNHCR

World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director in Afghanistan Mary Ellen McGroarty, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Afghanistan Herve De Lys, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Afghanistan Caroline Van Buren brief reporters on the situation in Afghanistan.

Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are receiving COVID-19 vaccines as part of a national vaccination drive to curb the spread of the deadly virus. UNHCR

At the end of a week-long visit to three Latin American countries, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi applauded the region for its solidarity and commitment to protect refugees, asylum seekers and others displaced. UNHCR

Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are in need of urgent assistance. Majority are seeking shelter in towns and villages where living conditions are dire particularly for the most vulnerable: women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities. UNHCR

The UN Refugee Agency today said that it has received “disturbing reports of soldiers entering a number of temporary accommodations for the displaced in Shire, Ethiopia, and taking away several hundreds of youth, internal displaced persons who have been sheltering there.” UNIFEED

After a government decision to close all camps for internally displaced in Iraq, in November 2020, many Iraqis were forced to go back to destroyed villages and damaged homes. UNHCR and partners are paving the main road to connect the village with lifesaving services and rebuilt these classrooms so the residents may begin a new chapter of life. UNHCR

Under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a $943 million plan to “safeguard the well-being and dignity” of Rohingya refugees in the country and their host communities. UNHCR

In one of Bangladesh’s poorest districts, which hosts some 900,000 Rohingya refugees, UNHCR is offering support to local farmers who often struggle to make ends meet, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNHCR