UN refugee agency chief launches appeal to support thousands displaced in Lake Chad Basin
New York, Dec 17 (Just Earth News):The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, launched on Fridaya multi-million dollar inter-agency appeal to provide support to nearly 500,000 people who have been affected by the Boko Haram insurgency, including those in Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, as well as Nigerian refugees.
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): Most civilians living in areas of northern Nigeria recaptured by the armed forces from Boko Haram since the start of the year still face serious protection problems and lack the most basic assistance, with women particularly at risk, the United Nations refugee agency warned On Friday.
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): After two months of intense flooding, the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) is now facing another looming danger as a severe winter is closing with thousands of children still in need of urgent assistance, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partner agency Save the Children.
UN refugee agency projects resettlement needs at 1.19 million in 2017
New York, June 13 (Just Earth News):With a multitude of conflicts and crises causing record displacement around the world, more than 1.19 million people are projected to be in need of resettlement in 2017, the UN refugee agency said on Monday.
Iraq: UN refugee agency warns of struggles and new displacements in Mosul
New York, June 11 (Just Earth News):More than half a million people remain uprooted from their homes two years after fleeing violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul, while military activities in the north and south-east of the city are causing fresh displacement, the United Nations refugee agency said today.
UN refugee agency reports some 1,000 refugees and migrants rescued off Italian coast
New York, May 14 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Some 1,000 people of various nationalities, including refugee families and unaccompanied children, were rescued yesterday from the Mediterranean Sea, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
New York, May 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Early one morning in December 1998, Vincent Cochetel, a French United Nations aid worker in his late thirties, was riding in the back of a car on a bumpy Chechen road, blind-folded with two men on either side of him, when the vehicle came under fire.
UN refugee agency notes 'profound concern' over Kenya's plan to close refugee camps
New York, May 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations refugee agency on Monday expressed “profound concern†over the Government of Kenya's announcement this past week that it intends to end the hosting of refugees because of economic, security and environmental burdens, and called on the Government to reconsider its decision.
Violence, use of teargas at Greek border 'matter of great worry' – UN refugee agency
New York, Apr 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency on Monday expressed concern about yesterday's violence at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia near Eidomeni and the extensive scenes of teargas in use.
UN refugee agency warns of spike in asylum-seekers fleeing violence in Central America
New York, Apr 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The number of people fleeing violence in Central America has surged to levels not seen since the region was wracked by armed conflicts in the 1980s, the UN refugee agency warned on Tuesday, urging action to ensure that unaccompanied children and others receive the protection which they are entitled to.
UN refugee agency urges safeguard compliance before any returns begin under EU-Turkey deal
New York, Apr 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency on Friday urged parties to the recent EU-Turkey agreement on refugees and migrants to ensure all safeguards are in place before any returns begin.
UN refugee agency redefines role in Greece as EU-Turkey deal comes into effect
New York, Mar 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations refugee agency has announced that it is “not a party†to the new provisions agreed between the European Union (EU) and Turkey to stem the large-scale flow of refugees and migrants into Greece and Europe, and that it will align its work to cope with the deal.
UN refugee agency calls on Nigeria to heed wishes of internally displaced
New York, Feb 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The Nigerian authorities should heed the concerns of internally displaced people (IDP) in the north-east of the country, the United Nations refugee agency’s top protection official said following his visit to Borno, the north-eastern state hardest hit by the Boko Haram insurgency.
UN refugee agency warns over perilous Horn of Africa sea crossings
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Despite the ongoing conflict in Yemen, thousands of Ethiopians and Somalis are continuing to make a perilous sea crossing, which has already claimed at least three dozen lives this year, the UN refugee agency warned on Tuesday.
Thousands of stateless people granted nationality in Thailand: UN refugee agency
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Welcoming Thailand’s announcement that it has granted nationality to more than 18,000 stateless people in the past several years, the United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday hailed the move as a further step in accelerating the global campaign to end stateless by 2024.