91 countries now offer COVID-19 vaccinations to refugees, says UNHCR

Jun 25, 2021, at 03:29 pm

New York: UN refugee agency UNHCR, on Thursday welcomed the growing number of countries that have offered COVID-19 vaccines to refugees before urging others to do the same.

‘Overwhelmed’ health systems have little room for sick refugees, migrants, UN agencies warn

Apr 04, 2020, at 01:57 pm

New York/IBNS: Four prominent United Nations system entities have called on countries to protect refugees, migrants, stateless persons and those forcibly displaced by disasters and conflict – some of the world’s most vulnerable populations – against the rapidly expanding COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Agencies temporarily suspend refugee resettlement travel

Mar 18, 2020, at 10:29 am

New York/IBNS: A “vital lifeline” for vulnerable families forced to flee their homelands has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic as two UN agencies announced on Tuesday that they are temporarily suspending resettlement travel for refugees.

Coronavirus update: new WHO fund, Guterres calls for ‘prudence, not panic’

Mar 14, 2020, at 08:33 am

New York/IBNS: In a video message recorded on Friday afternoon, UN chief António Guterres assured the world that the COVID-19 virus will peak, and the global economy will recover but, until then, “we must act together to slow the spread of the virus and look after each other”.