UN raises alarm over refugee killings in Uganda settlement
4 years, 3 months ago

UN raises alarm over refugee killings in Uganda settlement

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — The United Nations refugee agency says it is “saddened and alarmed” after at least 10 refugees were killed in an attack last week by local residents in northern Uganda amid tensions over increasingly scarce resources. Ten refugees remain missing, the statement said, calling on local authorities to “search for them immediately.” It said the agency is working with authorities to investigate the incident and “clarify the circumstances, including the role of local authorities.” A police spokesman didn’t immediately comment. “The disproportionate violent reaction by the host community to a communal dispute signals a threat to the delicate balance of peaceful coexistence in the rural villages where refugees live alongside their Ugandan hosts,” said Joel Boutroue, the U.N. refugee agency’s representative in Uganda. The latest violent incident is “alarming,” he said, because refugees as well as host communities “face increased hardships and decreased access to basic services and livelihoods.”

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Uganda struggles to feed more than 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Uganda struggles to feed more than 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Natural resources are limited, and financial support is not …

UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The number of people fleeing their homes because of war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million and is climbing because nations have failed to tackle the causes and combatants are refusing to comply with international law, the U.N. refugee chief said Thursday. He also accused unnamed countries of making “short-sighted foreign policy decisions, often founded on …

UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict

The Independent  

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UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict

New Indian Express  

The high commissioner for refugees told the council it’s too late for the tens of thousands who have been killed in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and other conflicts. “It is not too late to step up help for the millions who have been forcibly displaced to return home voluntarily, in safety and with dignity.” It’s also not too late to save …

Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in the last month, a UN official says
9 months, 1 week ago

Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in the last month, a UN official says

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — Escalating violence in Congo’s eastern region has displaced at least 250,000 people in the last month, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, describing the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Amid intensified fighting with security forces, the M23 rebel group — the most dominant in the region with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda — has continued …

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The United Nations’ refugee chief raised a new alert Thursday over 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique, the vast majority of them because of a seven-year insurgency by a jihadi group that has thrown the north of the country into turmoil. Filippo Grandi, the U.N.'s high commissioner for refugees, was on a visit to Mozambique’s northern …

Funding for refugees has long been politicised and punitive action against UNRWA, Palestinians fits that pattern
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Funding for refugees has long been politicised and punitive action against UNRWA, Palestinians fits that pattern

New Indian Express  

At least a dozen countries, including the US, have suspended funding to the UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for delivering aid to Palestinian refugees. In real terms, the funding cuts to the UNRWA will affect 1.7 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza along with an additional 400,000 Palestinians without refugee status, many of whom benefit from the UNRWA’s infrastructure. But …

Nearly eight million displaced by Sudan war: United Nations
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly eight million displaced by Sudan war: United Nations

The Hindu  

The number of people uprooted by the war between rival Generals in Sudan is almost eight million, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The conflict between Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted in mid-April last year. Explained | The Sudan conflict explained in 8 charts …

Nearly eight million people displaced by war in Sudan: UN
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly eight million people displaced by war in Sudan: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN reports figures nine months into a new round of war that has left the country devastated. Nine months into a bloody war, nearly eight million people have been forced from their homes in Sudan, the United Nations says, calling for urgent additional support to cope with the crisis. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported the alarming figure on …

Palestinians flee massacre as Israel bombs al-Maghazi refugee camp
1 year, 1 month ago

Palestinians flee massacre as Israel bombs al-Maghazi refugee camp

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s military has bombed at least three refugee camps in Gaza, the latest strike targeting the al-Maghazi camp, in which close to 50 people died, Palestinian officials said. At least 10,022 Palestinians, including 4,104 children, have been killed in 31 days of relentless Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, said Gaza’s Ministry of Health on Monday, with many victims still …

Record 114 million people displaced globally, says UN
1 year, 2 months ago

Record 114 million people displaced globally, says UN

Al Jazeera  

As wars rage from Ukraine to Gaza, the number of displaced people is at a record high, the UN estimates. More than 114 million people are estimated to be displaced worldwide, a record number that speaks to the “international community’s failure to solve conflicts,” the United Nations has said. “The number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human …

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says
1 year, 3 months ago

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The conflict in Sudan is fueling “a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions” that threatens the entire country, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned on Friday. He added that hundreds of thousands of Sudanese children are severely malnourished “and at imminent risk of death if left untreated.” “A long conflict will almost certainly lead to a lost generation of …

Rwanda is no refuge for UK asylum seekers
1 year, 6 months ago

Rwanda is no refuge for UK asylum seekers

Al Jazeera  

Before opening its doors to those seeking refuge in the UK, Rwanda should tackle the issues that lead Rwandans to flee and refuse to return home. However, Rwanda itself creates thousands of refugees every year and its government is yet to guarantee a safe environment for Rwandan refugees settled across the world to return home. Unlike Rwanda’s previous governments, the …

Sudan war displaced over 2 million, attacks trigger ‘crimes against humanity’: UN
1 year, 6 months ago

Sudan war displaced over 2 million, attacks trigger ‘crimes against humanity’: UN

Hindustan Times  

The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than 2 million people, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as a UN official warned that escalating attacks in Darfur city could amount to “crimes against humanity.” An aerial view of the black smoke and flames at a market in Omdurman, Khartoum North, Sudan. Read here: Sudan: Fighting continues amid fresh ceasefire violations …

Civilians complain “being forgotten” as warring rages in Sudanese capital Khartoum
1 year, 7 months ago

Civilians complain “being forgotten” as warring rages in Sudanese capital Khartoum

Hindustan Times  

Heavy gunfire echoed around Khartoum again on Friday and there was no sign of any letup in fighting as civilians trapped in the Sudanese capital said their plight was being ignored by both the army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The sudden collapse into warfare has killed hundreds, triggered a humanitarian disaster, sent an exodus of refugees …

UN urges countries to shelter, not repatriate, Sudanese back to war-torn country
1 year, 7 months ago

UN urges countries to shelter, not repatriate, Sudanese back to war-torn country

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations refugee agency on Friday called on governments to allow civilians fleeing Sudan into their territory and not to send them back to the conflict-torn country. "We're advising governments not to return people to Sudan because of the conflict that's going on there," Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR's Director of International Protection, told reporters at a briefing in Geneva. Tan …

Photos: South Sudanese refugees return to their troubled home
1 year, 7 months ago

Photos: South Sudanese refugees return to their troubled home

Al Jazeera  

The last place Lina Mijok wanted to go as she fled fighting in Sudan was back to her own country, South Sudan, which she had left as civil war erupted in 2013. But when Sudan’s army started battling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the streets around her home last month, South Sudan was the only place she and her …

Sudan crisis: UN warns of possible exodus of over 8,00,000 people due to ongoing conflict
1 year, 7 months ago

Sudan crisis: UN warns of possible exodus of over 8,00,000 people due to ongoing conflict

Hindustan Times  

The fighting raging in Sudan could spur more than 800,000 people to flee into neighbouring countries, the United Nations warned Monday. "UNHCR, with governments and partners, is preparing for the possibility that over 800,000 people may flee the fighting in Sudan for neighbouring countries," the agency's chief Filippo Grandi said in a tweet. More than 500 people have been reported …

UN warns of lab risk, more displacement amid Sudan conflict
1 year, 7 months ago

UN warns of lab risk, more displacement amid Sudan conflict

Associated Press  

GENEVA — U.N. officials said Tuesday that one side in the Sudan conflict has seized control of a national health lab in the capital of Khartoum that holds biological material, calling it an “extremely dangerous” development. Dr. Nima Saeed Abid, the World Health Organization’s representative in Sudan, expressed concerns that “one of the fighting parties” — he did not identify …

Sudan crisis: What’s next after one week of deadly fighting?
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan crisis: What’s next after one week of deadly fighting?

Al Jazeera  

Analysts warn the conflict may have far-reaching consequences not only for the northeast African country, but also for an already unstable region. “The combat could quickly slide into a sustained war that risks rippling through the country’s restive peripheries into its neighbours,” the International Crisis Group says. “The hostilities have pushed the country toward the full-blown civil war Sudanese have …

Will Sudan’s violence cause a wave of refugees?
1 year, 8 months ago

Will Sudan’s violence cause a wave of refugees?

Al Jazeera  

Humanitarian organisations say they’re ready to respond to the looming refugee crisis – but the conflict has halted operations. The situation could potentially trigger a looming refugee crisis, humanitarian organisations say, in a country already hosting refugees and internally displaced people, and which is a neighbour to other nations also stricken by conflict. “I don’t expect that it will be …

UN Palestinian refugee chief warns over lack of donors
1 year, 8 months ago

UN Palestinian refugee chief warns over lack of donors

Associated Press  

AMMAN, Jordan — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday that it faced growing challenges in running its operations as donors were set to contribute less money this year. Lazzarini said the massive earthquake that devastated the region in early February, as well as an economic meltdown in Lebanon, have added to the plight of many Palestinian refugees. …

Darfur attacks displace 84,000 in June alone: UN
2 years, 6 months ago

Darfur attacks displace 84,000 in June alone: UN

Al Jazeera  

Last year, at least 440,500 were displaced, five times more than in 2020, according to the UN. Violence in Darfur escalated after 2003 as Sudan’s government enlisted the help of Arab tribal militias commonly known as Janjaweed – later formalised as the Popular Defence Forces – to put down a rebellion by mostly African agriculturalists who felt they were being …

Explained | How bad is the global refugee crisis?
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained | How bad is the global refugee crisis?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The United Nations has designated June 20 as World Refugee Day to honour forcibly displaced people all around the world and celebrate their strength and courage. The events leading up to the Taliban takeover saw a large population of the country being displaced within Afghanistan as well as into neighbouring countries like Iran and Pakistan. Displacement …

World Refugee Day: As a former refugee, I want safety for all
2 years, 6 months ago

World Refugee Day: As a former refugee, I want safety for all

Al Jazeera  

Protecting people forced to flee their homes, no matter where they are from, is our shared responsibility. I remember the plastic container, the warmth of the chicken creating condensation on the lid, juices seeping out of the moist meat, and the pattern of the hotel bedspread upon which my family of 10 sat in Salt Lake City, Utah – a …

100 people killed in Sudan’s Darfur due to land dispute: UN
2 years, 6 months ago

100 people killed in Sudan’s Darfur due to land dispute: UN

Al Jazeera  

The fighting took place in Kulbus, West Darfur, and forced more than 5,000 families to flee. About 100 people have been killed and thousands displaced over the past week following a land dispute in Darfur, a United Nations official said, in the latest bout of violence to hit Sudan’s war-ravaged western region. Toby Harward, the UNHCR’s coordinator for Sudan, said …

Civilians in peril as tensions in DR Congo escalate: HRW
2 years, 6 months ago

Civilians in peril as tensions in DR Congo escalate: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Violence in the North Kivu province resumed on May 22, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. Fighting between government forces and armed groups in the conflict-torn North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo could seriously endanger the safety of civilians in the area, Human Rights Watch has said. In a statement late on …

For many migrants, the view of Rwanda is often far from rosy
2 years, 7 months ago

For many migrants, the view of Rwanda is often far from rosy

The Independent  

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Opinion: The UK deal with Rwanda dashes migrants’ hopes for better lives
2 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: The UK deal with Rwanda dashes migrants’ hopes for better lives

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sally Hayden is a journalist and the author of “My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own. I lost so much of my mind and I was very hurt but I want to say thanks to God that I am alive.” He is now …

UN: Ethiopian air strike kills three in camp for Eritrean refugees
2 years, 11 months ago

UN: Ethiopian air strike kills three in camp for Eritrean refugees

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An airstrike that hit a …

UN agency for Palestinian refugees faces funding crisis
3 years ago

UN agency for Palestinian refugees faces funding crisis

Al Jazeera  

UNRWA head Lazzarini said the agency raised enough donations to cover only 48 percent of its budget in 2022 and 2023. The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said it was unable to pay its 28,000 employees on time this month because of a major funding crisis, warning of potential cuts in vital services to millions …

Abuses of returning Syrian refugees ‘still running’: HRW
3 years, 2 months ago

Abuses of returning Syrian refugees ‘still running’: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Rights group calls for a halt of all returns of Syrians and urges countries hosting refugees to take this position. Beirut, Lebanon – Continuing Syrian government human rights abuses mean refugees should not be returned, Human Rights Watch says, urging host nations to immediately halt all refugee returns. The multiple agencies that prey on Syrians are still running.” “The government …

Uganda’s doors will remain open to refugees
3 years, 3 months ago

Uganda’s doors will remain open to refugees

Al Jazeera  

For us, welcoming refugees is not just a humanitarian decision – we know the value they can add to a host country. Today, we host nearly 1.5 million refugees – more than any other country in Africa, in fact, more than most countries in the world. Finally, refugees are a force for good in their host country if welcomed and …

Root causes of Israel-Palestine conflict must be addressed: UNRWA
3 years, 7 months ago

Root causes of Israel-Palestine conflict must be addressed: UNRWA

Al Jazeera  

Philippe Lazzarini said the situation in Gaza is getting worse because the very basis of the conflict has not been addressed. The United Nations agency for Palestine refugees has urged the international community to look at the root causes of the Israel-Palestine conflict, in order to avoid future bloodshed. Lazzarini promised to urge the international community to address “the root …

Aiding Palestine refugees is not political
3 years, 8 months ago

Aiding Palestine refugees is not political

Al Jazeera  

Mohammad is a seven-year-old boy living in Gaza, which in June will enter its 15th year of a land, air, and sea blockade. Like the nearly 300,000 students in Gaza who attend schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, he has been in and out of in-person and remote learning …

UN says two million internally displaced by Sahel violence
3 years, 11 months ago

UN says two million internally displaced by Sahel violence

Al Jazeera  

The UNHCR called the humanitarian response in Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ‘dangerously overstretched’. More than two million people have been forced to flee their homes within their own countries’ borders owing to the violence engulfing Africa’s Sahel region, the United Nations refugee agency has said. The humanitarian response is “dangerously overstretched” in an area covering parts of Burkina …

Report: Images show latest ‘attack’ on Ethiopia refugee camp
3 years, 11 months ago

Report: Images show latest ‘attack’ on Ethiopia refugee camp

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — New satellite images of a refugee camp in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region show more than 400 structures have been badly damaged in what a research group believes is the latest “intentional attack” by fighters. The report by the U.K.-based DX Open Network nonprofit, shared with The Associated Press, says “it is likely that the fire events of …

UN fears ‘massive’ COVID transmission in Ethiopia’s Tigray
3 years, 11 months ago

UN fears ‘massive’ COVID transmission in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations fears “massive community transmission” of COVID-19 in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, fueled by displacement and the collapse of health services, as humanitarian workers finally begin to access the region two months after fighting began. A new U.N. report based on the first on-the-ground assessments confirms some of the grim concerns around Tigray’s some 6 …

UN: Ethiopia’s conflict has ‘appalling’ impact on civilians
4 years ago

UN: Ethiopia’s conflict has ‘appalling’ impact on civilians

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s situation is “spiraling out of control with appalling impact on civilians” and urgently needs outside monitoring, the United Nations human rights chief warned Wednesday. But Ethiopia is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly fighting in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need a baby-sitter.” And the U.N. secretary-general announced a new agreement with Ethiopia …

A full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Ethiopia, the UN says
4 years, 1 month ago

A full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Ethiopia, the UN says

CNN  

CNN — A full-scale humanitarian crisis is developing in the Horn of Africa as thousands of people flee ongoing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations Refugee Agency said Tuesday. “UNHCR, with its partners, is supporting the Sudanese government in its response, ramping up humanitarian assistance at the borders as the needs continue to grow.” Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy …

UN: Over 25,300 fleeing Ethiopia fighting have reached Sudan
4 years, 1 month ago

UN: Over 25,300 fleeing Ethiopia fighting have reached Sudan

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Ethiopia’s growing conflict has resulted in more than 25,300 refugees fleeing the Tigray region into Sudan, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday, as fighting spilled beyond Ethiopia’s borders and threatened to inflame the Horn of Africa region. More than 5,000 refugees arrived in Sudan’s border provinces of Kassala and al-Qadarif on Sunday, the highest single-day number of arrivals …

‘We lost everything’: Syrian refugees caught up in Beirut blast
4 years, 4 months ago

‘We lost everything’: Syrian refugees caught up in Beirut blast

Al Jazeera  

Already among the most vulnerable in Lebanese society, refugees are struggling to cope in the blast’s aftermath. Omer Elnaiem, head of communications at the UNHCR, said: “The organisation has only confirmed 14 so far.” ‘Lost everything’ Basma Tabaja, deputy head of the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Lebanon, said Syrians were particularly affected by the incident. “We …

World Refugee Day: the challenges facing UNHCR as 100 million forced to flee homes in the last decade
4 years, 6 months ago

World Refugee Day: the challenges facing UNHCR as 100 million forced to flee homes in the last decade

The Independent  

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UN: Nearly 80 million people forcibly displaced worldwide
4 years, 6 months ago

UN: Nearly 80 million people forcibly displaced worldwide

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 80 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide by the end of last year as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations, according to the United Nations. Coronavirus crisis The UN says the coronavirus pandemic has hit the refugee community and internally displaced people the hardest due to the health risks, loss of income and greater exposure …

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