"REFUGEE CAMPS"

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East appealed today for 1.6 billion (USD) to fund core operations this year, as the people it helps face hitting “rock bottom”. UNTV CH

Noon briefing by Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The UN refugee agency said today that tens of thousands of people have recently sought shelter at Kenya’s Dadaab camps, forced from their homes by extremist violence in neighbouring Somalia and “unrelenting” drought. UNTV CH

A study last year estimated that 12 per cent of the almost 1 million Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh’s Cox's Bazar District are living with disabilities. UNHCR

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is urging global leaders to curb the most devastating humanitarian consequences of the climate crisis and avert a catastrophic future for millions of displaced people. UNHCR

The High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on a five-day visit to Kenya and Somalia toured projects in northern Kenya and met with Somali asylum-seekers who crossed the border to escape a catastrophic drought at home. UNHCR

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi called for a scale-up in support for communities affected by drought in the Horn of Africa region, including the nearly 20,000 Somalis that have crossed the border into Kenya this year fleeing a complex mix of conflict and drought. UNHCR

Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to introduce cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and others forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world. UNHCR

Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief told journalists in Geneva that there are now 54 confirmed and 20 probable cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Uganda, with 39 deaths, and 14 people that have recovered. WHO

Schools and slowing getting back to normal after the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, but globally, refugees lag behind other children in school enrolment. Koat Reath, a South Sudanese refugee teacher in Ethiopia, is doing his part to make sure children in refugee camps get an education. UNHCR