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The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned that around nine million people across Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon and Afghanistan will require additional assistance to survive the coming winter, as conflicts, rising living costs and…
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Nearly 8.3 million refugees and other forcibly displaced people could lose vital assistance as the UN refugee agency UNHCR faces a severe funding shortfall, the agency warned Tuesday. UNHCR said its ability to protect and assist refugees,…
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The number of people displaced by conflict and persecution worldwide declined in 2025 for the first time in a decade, according to a report released Thursday by the UN refugee agency, though millions continue to face prolonged displacement…
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The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has sounded the alarm over a deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where more than 1.6 million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan so far this year — many under coercive or…
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Dozens of Rohingya refugees are feared dead or missing after a boat survivors said held around 150 people capsized this week off the westernmost coast of Indonesia, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said Friday. “The fear is for…
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The UN refugee agency faces one of the most difficult moments in its more than 70-year history as record displacements coincide with funding shortfalls and a “short-sighted” focus on border controls, its chief said on Monday. Conflicts…
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Today the Member States of the EU met again in the framework of the Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR) arrangements, in the presence of representatives of Türkiye, to address the situation following the earthquake in Türkiye and…
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More than five million Ukrainians have now fled their country following the Russian invasion, the United Nations said Wednesday, in Europe’s fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 5,034,439…
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The UN refugee agency said Wednesday more than 4 million refugees have now fled Ukraine since Russia launched its war in the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. The new figure was posted on an UNHCR website. More than 2.3…
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Amid Russia’s ongoing offensive in Ukraine, the two countries agreed to establish 10 humanitarian corridors in the eastern European nation, for March 14, for the evacuation of citizens stranded in the regions of Kyiv Oblast and Luhansk…
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