"REFUGEE PROTECTION"

Colombia is offering a temporary protection status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, paving the way for them to access support services, health care, education, and work. For Sikíu, it means her son Lucas can finally get the help he needs. UNHCR

Ahead of World Refugee Day, High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke about this year’s theme, The Power of Inclusion, and how refugees can contribute to society. UNIFEED

As Lebanon is facing one of its worst financial and economic crises in its modern history grappling with an economic and financial meltdown, the UN estimates that over the next eight months some USD 300 million are required to cover the crucial needs of 1,5 million Lebanese and 400,000 migrant workers affected by the ongoing crisis. UNTV CH

Since the start of 2021, the number of migrant children reported in Mexico has increased sharply from 380 to nearly 3,500, announced Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, after wrapping up a 5-day visit to Mexico, including stops along its northern border with the United States. UNICEF

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) launched a USD 100 million appeal Wednesday to drive its 2021 strategic plan for refugee protection in African countries en route to the Mediterranean, citing the deaths of no less than 1,064 people in the Central and Western Mediterranean in 2020 alone. UNHCR

International standards of refugee protection have been severely tested in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s, international protection chief said. UNHCR

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

“Covid has stopped many things that we were doing but it doesn’t seem to have stopped war,” Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees told the Security Council on Thursday calling on its members to “depoliticize humanitarian issues including issues related to refugees and their return when it is possible.” UNIFEED

In a policy brief issued today, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the COVID-19 crisis “is an opportunity to reimagine human mobility,” and offered four core understandings that “must guide the way.” UNIFEED

Though no cases of coronavirus have been confirmed among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, UNHCR and its partners are racing to shore up health services and guard against a worst-case scenario in the world’s largest refugee settlement. UNHCR