"REFUGEE CAMPS"

Tens of thousands of refugees and host communities are displaced by flooding in Sudan. UNHCR and partners are providing emergency assistance but more support is urgently needed. UNHCR

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of cyclones that threaten both Bangladeshis and the Rohingya refugees living in the hastily constructed settlements in Cox’s Bazar District. UNHCR

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said the international community should have “no illusions about the current state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” adding that there has been “no progress towards realizing a two-state solution.” UNIFEED

Sudanese scholar, Raba Hakim, has finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of going to university, thanks to a MasterCard Foundation scholarship. UNHCR

The United Nations High commissioner’s Michelle Bachelet expressed shock and sadness over the killing of Rohingya human rights defender Mohib Ullah, and called for a prompt, thorough and effective investigation into his death. OHCHR

Martin Kimani, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN and President of the Security Council in October 2021, briefs the press on the programme of work for the month of October.

An ambitious reforestation project, carried out since 2018 by refugees and host communities in northern Cameroon, is contributing to the Great Green Wall, an African-led initiative that aims to grow an 8,000-kilometer continent-wide barrier to stop the ongoing desertification of the Sahel. UNHCR

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called for an international effort to guarantee secondary education for refugee children and youth, as levels of school and university enrollment remain critically low. UNHCR

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today “it is heartbreaking to see many young Ethiopians being instrumentalized and mobilized in the war effort,” and their energies “being channeled into a path of division and destruction instead of the path of building a better future.” UNIFEED

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