"REFUGEE PROTECTION"

The Head of the United Nations migration agency said it was “crucial” to ensure that people fleeing Ukraine “have access to adequate support and services, and to facilitate their full inclusion in educational and health systems, into the labour market, provide language opportunities, social housing and other needed support.” UNIFEED

Peacebuilding, 'a bargain' and 'proven investment', UN chief tells Member States.

By 23 March, more than 10 million people had been forced to flee their homes due to war in Ukraine, many displaced inside the country and more than 3.5 million as refugees abroad. Within three weeks, more than two million refugees from Ukraine have arrived in Poland. UNHCR

General Assembly adopts text recognizing scale of humanitarian woes arising from Russian Federation’s Ukraine offensive as unseen in many decades.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said it estimates that over 44,000 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Italy since last Saturday. UNHCR

In Lebanon, refugees and host communities are struggling to cope with the low temperatures, heavy snow, and fast winds, in addition to the impact ongoing severe economic crisis that has pushed most families to the brink. UNHCR

The UN Special Envoy on Myanmar told reporters in New York, “One year since the 1 of February 2021, violence and brutality in Myanmar has only intensified and widened.” UNIFEED

Honduran teachers are being disproportionately affected by the country’s gang violence and have been identified as one of the groups most likely to be forced to flee their homes, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). UNHCR

The United Nations Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, Mark Cutts appealed for help from the international community as refugee camps in the Northwest conflict area have been “very badly damaged as a result of heavy snow in some areas and freezing temperatures.” UNIFEED

Addressing an international ministerial conference on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Secretary-General António Guterres said, “we need to protect UNRWA from being used as a political pawn.” UNIFEED