"REFUGEE PROTECTION"

Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan, S/2023/777.

Addressing the Security Council about migrants in the Mediterranean, the Head of the UN Refugee Agency in New York, Ruven Menikdiwela, said, “Saving lives at sea and providing humanitarian assistance is one of the most basic obligations of humanity, and those performing rescue operations or helping in good faith should not be penalized for doing so.” UNIFEED / FILE

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Marking the six years since the forced mass displacement of Rohingya people and other communities from Myanmar’s Rakhine State, spokesperson Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez noted that “Rohingya people remain displaced domestically and abroad, including around one million Rohingya in Bangladesh.” UNIFEED

The situation in the Central African Republic.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, visits Kenya to mark this year’s World Refugee Day. UNHCR

Somali refugees escaping conflict at home are relocated to a new site, located in Ethiopia’s Mirqaan, Bokh district about 50 kms from the border, the move is being organized by Ethiopia’s Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS), with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and partners. UNHCR

Following the General Assembly informal briefing

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been assisting thousands of refugees who were impacted by the large fire that swept through Cox’s Bazar on Sunday. IOM