UN seeks more funds to assist Rohingya amid world's fastest growing refugee crisis
Oct 07, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Oct 7(Just Earth News): United Nations agencies are seeking more funds to cope with the mass exodus of people fleeing violence in Myanmar into Bangladesh, which the top UN aid official described the world's fastest growing refugee crisis.
Africa's largest refugee crisis now a 'children's crisis' – UNICEF
Jun 21, 2017, at 05:27 am
New York, June 20(Just Earth News): Raising alarm over the plight of refugees, in particular the situation of women and children, arriving in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya having fled violence and instability in South Sudan, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called on governments to do more to ensure that the most vulnerable are protected.
South Sudan now world's fastest growing refugee crisis – UN refugee agency
Mar 18, 2017, at 05:42 am
New York, Mar 18 (Just Earth News): The number of South Sudanese fleeing their homes is “alarming,†the United Nations refugee agency on Friday said, announcing that 1.6 million people have either been displaced or fled to neighbouring countries in the past eight months ago.
Greece facing ‘serious challenges,’ needs EU help to manage refugee crisis – UN agency chief
Aug 27, 2016, at 04:35 am
New York, Aug 26 (Just Earth News): Greece still faces great challenges in managing its refugee crisis, particularly if European Union countries do not step up their relocation and family reunion programmes, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said during a recent visit to the country.
UN refugee chief presents detailed plan to solve crisis in Europe, warning time is ‘running out’
Mar 05, 2016, at 02:17 pm
New York, Mar 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Warning Europe is running out of time to solve the current refugee situation, the UN refugee chief Friday outlined a detailed six-point plan ahead of a key meeting of European Union leaders and Turkey in Brussels next week.
Bay of Bengal 'three times more deadly' than Mediterranean for migrants and refugees – UN
Feb 24, 2016, at 03:12 pm
New York, Feb 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Refugees and migrants crossing the seas of Southeast Asia died at a rate three times higher than those in the Mediterranean last year, a new United Nations report has found, highlighting the urgency of greater life-saving cooperation among the affected States.
Ban warns against cuts in development aid to finance response to refugee crisis
Nov 12, 2015, at 02:29 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Reducing development assistance to finance the cost of refugee flows is counter-productive, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Wednesday, declaring that "helping people in need should not be a zero-sum game."
UN agency warns of refugee crisis as women flee Central America and Mexico
Oct 30, 2015, at 02:35 pm
New York, Oct 30 (IBNS): Women in Central America and Mexico are fleeing their countries in rising numbers to escape a surge in deadly, unchecked gang violence, fuelling a looming refugee crisis in the Americas that demands urgent and concerted action by the States of the region, the United Nations refugee agency is warning.
Syria: UN health agency urges donors to assist countries ‘doing the heavy lifting’
Sep 25, 2015, at 03:04 pm
New York, Sept 25 (IBNS) Crippling funding shortfalls are hindering the ability of emergency teams to meet the escalating health needs of the millions of Syrians displaced by civil war and donors need to step up support to countries in the region doing the “heavy lifting,†warned the World Health Organization (WHO).
UN agency warns European leaders of 'last opportunity' for response to refugee crisis
Sep 23, 2015, at 02:51 pm
New York, Sept 23 (IBNS) European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels on Tuesday and on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing refugee and migration crisis, in what the United Nations cautioned may be the last chance to create a coherent response to end the suffering and exploitation of refuges and migrants.
Time running out for Europe to solve refugee crisis; children particularly vulnerable- UN
Sep 19, 2015, at 02:37 pm
New York, Sept 19 (IBNS) In the wake of yesterday’s “mayhem†on the Serbian border with Croatia, which has now closed some of its entry points, and the dramatic situation on the Hungarian border this week, the United Nations is urging a coherent and united response to Europe’s refugee crisis.
Europe must change course on refugee crisis response: UN agency
Sep 17, 2015, at 01:57 pm
New York, Sept 17 (IBNS): Only a united European emergency response can address the current refugee and migration crisis, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stressed on Wednesday.
UN agency urges Europe to develop coherent response to refugee crisis
Sep 16, 2015, at 02:29 pm
New York, Sept 16 (IBNS): While welcoming the steps taken by European leaders at their meeting in Brussels to tackle the current refugee crisis, the United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday said a robust and coherent response is still urgently needed.
UN urges bold action to tackle deepening refugee crisis in Greece
Aug 08, 2015, at 02:05 pm
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): The United Nations on Thursday called for bold and urgent action to address a deepening crisis in Greece, where some 124,000 refugees and migrants have arrived by sea this year – a staggering increase of over 750 per cent compared to the same period in 2014.