UNHCR chief urges support for refugees and displaced in Ethiopia after peace deal

08 february 2023 - 10:04:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Wednesday reaffirmed his commitment to [...] Full text...

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WFP prioritises food assistance for most vulnerable refugees in Uganda

30 january 2023 - 05:29:19
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will in 2023 implement a progressive shift to needs-based [...] Full text...

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WHO doctor seized by ‘unidentified assailants’ in Mali

25 january 2023 - 05:16:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a statement deploring the abduction of [...] Full text...

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Escalating violence leaves hundreds dead, hundreds of thousands on the move in eastern DRC

24 january 2023 - 13:27:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has expressed deep concern at the escalation of brutal attacks on [...] Full text...

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Violence, threats by armed groups continue to displace refugees, civilians in Mali: UNHCR

24 january 2023 - 13:18:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for enhanced support for those recently displaced in Mali, [...] Full text...

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WFP welcomes US funding to support refugees in Rwanda

22 january 2023 - 05:22:33
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$7.2 million from the [...] Full text...

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UN agencies warn acute malnutrition threatens lives of millions of vulnerable children

13 january 2023 - 05:59:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Several United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in [...] Full text...

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UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya calls on Govt to support vulnerable in Tawergha

30 december 2022 - 12:28:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Georgette Gagnon, has called on the [...] Full text...

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UNESCO ‘deeply saddened’ over death of football legend, Pelé

30 december 2022 - 05:33:02
Paris, France (PANA) - The UN educational, Scientific and cultural organisation Organisation (UNESCO) has expressed sadness at the death on Thursday [...] Full text...

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2022 Year in Review: Amid global turmoil, UN doggedly pursues international climate agreements

28 december 2022 - 05:47:18
New York, US (PANA) - Despite strong evidence that human activity played a role in catastrophic weather events, and the [...] Full text...

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2022 Year in Review: Some 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’

26 december 2022 - 06:21:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 100 million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022, the UN High Commissioner [...] Full text...

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UN refugee agency reiterates opposition to UK-Rwanda migration partnership

21 december 2022 - 05:32:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reiterated its opposition to the UK-Rwanda migration partnership [...] Full text...

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EU border agency slammed for using aerial surveillance in favour of Libyan Coast Guard in Mediterranean

12 december 2022 - 08:39:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The use by the EU's border agency, Frontex, of aerial surveillance to enable the Libyan Coast Guard [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR ramps up assistance to refugees, displaced families in northern Ethiopia

12 december 2022 - 05:52:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it has stepped up assistance to conflict-affected populations in Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...

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'Raw violence’ displaces thousands during ‘ruthless conflict’ in South Sudan, UNHCR says

08 december 2022 - 05:23:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Throughout South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile Region “desperation is rising” as escalating armed conflict, which has [...] Full text...

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Drought, conflict force 80,000 to flee Somalia for Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps

06 december 2022 - 12:07:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 80,000 people have arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, the majority arriving over the [...] Full text...

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Terrorist' attack targets security infrastructure in northwest Burkina Faso

01 december 2022 - 13:34:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Unidentified armed individuals have attacked the gendarmerie and police stations in the town of Tougan, [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates 120 refugees from Libya to Italy

01 december 2022 - 13:11:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 120 people were evacuated on Wednesday on a charter flight from Libya to Italy, the [...] Full text...

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UN agencies warn of imminent cut to food assistance to refugees in Chad

30 november 2022 - 10:30:38
N’djamena, Chad (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have warned [...] Full text...

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UNHCR urges greater support as violence continues unabated in Burkina Faso

29 november 2022 - 11:24:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is warning of escalating humanitarian needs for displaced people [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns rising tide of hunger, insecurity worsening gender-based violence risks

27 november 2022 - 05:45:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Worsening socio-economic conditions, new and ongoing conflicts and humanitarian funding shortfalls are increasing the risk of [...] Full text...

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UN refugee chief urges EU to put safety first in its Mediterranean action

25 november 2022 - 05:58:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As European Union (EU) interior ministers hold an extraordinary session of the Justice and Home Affairs [...] Full text...

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UNHCR calls for ban on forced returns of asylum seekers to eastern DR Congo

19 november 2022 - 05:16:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reiterated its call for a ban on forced returns to [...] Full text...

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UN warns of worsening conflict, displacement in Sahel without immediate climate action

16 november 2022 - 12:38:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed [...] Full text...

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COP27: UNHCR chief urges world leaders not to forget displaced people

08 november 2022 - 09:49:33
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is urging global leaders to curb the most devastating [...] Full text...

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UN agencies appeal for urgent disembarkation of stranded refugees, migrants in central Mediterranean

08 november 2022 - 09:34:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are urging [...] Full text...

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UN refugee chief urges stronger action to end ‘legal limbo’ of statelessness

05 november 2022 - 06:48:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Friday called for stronger political commitment and [...] Full text...

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174 asylum seekers from Libya evacuated to Niger by UNHCR

03 november 2022 - 14:01:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 174 asylum seekers have been evacuated from Libya to Niger, the United Nations [...] Full text...

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Millions face harm from flooding across West and Central Africa, UNHCR warns

28 october 2022 - 11:45:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of surging needs for more than 3.4 million displaced [...] Full text...

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UNHCR welcomes Malian government's commitment to allow refugees to participate in upcoming elections

26 october 2022 - 21:09:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The resident representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Mali, Mohamed Askia [...] Full text...

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UN refugee agency chief sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa

26 october 2022 - 06:23:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called on global leaders to spare no efforts [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns of $700 million funding gap for its activities

25 october 2022 - 13:41:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to make cuts [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: 39 cases including 3 deaths due to cholera recorded in a refugee camp in the Far North

19 october 2022 - 18:37:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Cameroon, the cholera epidemic has resurfaced in the Far North region with three deaths [...] Full text...

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Cholera vaccine shortage forces shift to one-dose regimen

19 october 2022 - 16:33:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A lack of global supply has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates another 32 refugees from Libya to Canada and Norway

19 october 2022 - 15:58:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 32 refugees, including children, were evacuated in a new operation organized by the [...] Full text...

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WFP, UNHCR launch vehicle leasing service for UN agencies worldwide

14 october 2022 - 06:30:16
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have set up [...] Full text...

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Violence erupts in DR Congo’s west as nearly 30,000 flee clashes

11 october 2022 - 10:00:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it is alarmed by a surge of deadly [...] Full text...

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Nearly one million people have fled five years of violence in northern Mozambique

04 october 2022 - 11:00:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - This week marks five years since extreme violence erupted in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, forcing [...] Full text...

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UNHCR chief welcomes renewal of his mandate

28 september 2022 - 11:19:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has welcomed the renewal of his mandate [...] Full text...

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UN General Assembly confirms Filippo Grandi as UN refugee agency chief for another two-and-a-half-years

27 september 2022 - 14:44:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly has confirmed Filippo Grandi of Italy as United Nations High Commissioner [...] Full text...

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Nearly 6,000 Congolese refugees return home from Zambia with UNHCR support

27 september 2022 - 14:38:14
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the governments of Zambia and the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development launch Global Islamic Fund for Refugees

25 september 2022 - 06:41:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) [...] Full text...

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Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid - UNICEF

23 september 2022 - 13:49:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns of surging needs in Sudan amid skyrocketing prices and gaps in humanitarian funding

23 september 2022 - 11:54:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Friday warned of "spiralling humanitarian needs" for refugees [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates 29 refugees from Libya to Canada and Europe

19 september 2022 - 14:53:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Monday assisted 29 refugees to leave Libya on flights [...] Full text...

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Nearly 100,000 refugee arrivals in Uganda face enormous needs

09 september 2022 - 12:11:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid surging humanitarian needs for 96,000 refugees who have fled to Uganda so far this year, [...] Full text...

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UNHCR resettles 41 refugees from Libya in Norway

31 august 2022 - 16:24:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- A total of 41 refugees have left Libya this week by air to be resettled in Norway, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: UNHCR’s chief urges more backing for solutions as the country continues to host refugees

28 august 2022 - 05:21:50
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded a visit to the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates 19 asylum seekers from Libya to Europe

26 august 2022 - 18:45:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 19 refugees and asylum seekers, including children, were safely evacuated from Libya to [...] Full text...

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UN team in Algeria calls for support for Sahrawi refugees, as food prices surge

24 august 2022 - 13:30:01
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – Faced with a deteriorating nutrition situation in the Sahrawi refugee camps, including over 75 percent cuts [...] Full text...

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‘Catastrophic’ drought displaces one million in Somalia, world asked to ‘step up’ support

11 august 2022 - 20:44:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, leaving one million people within the country [...] Full text...

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UN, Ethiopian agencies appeal for funding to continue feeding over 750,000 refugees

09 august 2022 - 13:27:17
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Ethiopian [...] Full text...

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Funding shortfall forces UNHCR to cut vital programmes in DRC

03 august 2022 - 06:31:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Due to insufficient funding, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is unable to adequately respond [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates 85 asylum seekers from Libya to Italy

27 july 2022 - 06:07:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday evacuated 85 vulnerable asylum seekers from Tripoli [...] Full text...

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UNHCR alarmed by growing death toll among displaced in eastern DR Congo

22 july 2022 - 16:13:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As conflict grows in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the rising death toll [...] Full text...

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Project launched to enhance investment climate in 11 refugee hosting African countries

21 july 2022 - 05:43:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Intergovernmental Authority on [...] Full text...

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UNHCR restarts voluntary repatriation of DRC refugees from Angola

19 july 2022 - 11:45:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday restarted the voluntary repatriation of DR Congo [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, WHO join hands to improve access to health for refugees in Sudan

17 july 2022 - 05:19:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) have signed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: International response fell short in upholding refugee rights - Report

09 july 2022 - 06:49:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The collective global response to the COVID-19 pandemic fell short in protecting the rights of refugees [...] Full text...

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95 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya to Italy

01 july 2022 - 15:59:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 95 asylum seekers and refugees were evacuated on Friday via a flight organized [...] Full text...

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UNHCR appeals for life-saving aid for millions affected by catastrophic Horn of Africa drought

28 june 2022 - 12:05:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency is appealing for urgent support to help displaced people and local host [...] Full text...

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AU chairperson 'deeply shocked' at violence at Morocco-Spain border

27 june 2022 - 08:04:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed "deep shock and [...] Full text...

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UN agencies concerned at loss of life, injuries at fence between Morocco and Spain

26 june 2022 - 05:13:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have expressed profound sadness [...] Full text...

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More support needed for refugees, displaced people in Burkina Faso - UNHCR

21 june 2022 - 22:37:17
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - On the occasion of World Refugee Day, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has called for [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire welcomes families home, as refugee status formally ends

21 june 2022 - 05:13:24
Abidjan, Core d'Ivoire (PANA) - The resolution of a civil conflict fuelled-displacement crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, that at its height [...] Full text...

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UN food agency announces further refugee ration cuts, in quest for #ZeroHunger

20 june 2022 - 18:47:35
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that it will have no choice but to [...] Full text...

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Najla al-Mangouch recalls responsibility to achieve stability in all countries on World Refugee Day

20 june 2022 - 16:24:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla al-Mangouch said on World Refugee Day that [...] Full text...

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Urgent support needed for 14,000 who fled following Burkina Faso massacre - UNHCR

17 june 2022 - 19:37:22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - UN humanitarians in Burkina Faso on Friday appealed to the international community for help, after attacks by [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International urges Commonwealth leaders to oppose UK’s 'racist' asylum seeker deal

17 june 2022 - 14:17:05
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Amnesty International on Friday asked Commonwealth leaders to take a firm and clear stand against the UK’s [...] Full text...

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Global displacement hits another record, capping decade-long rising trend: UNHCR

16 june 2022 - 05:32:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people forced to flee their homes has increased every year over the past [...] Full text...

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UNHCR slams UK’s bid to export some refugees to Rwanda

14 june 2022 - 05:08:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday dismissed the British Government’s proposal to process [...] Full text...

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UN uncovers human trafficking at camp in Malawi

13 june 2022 - 05:16:43
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - The widespread exploitation of men, women and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been [...] Full text...

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Mediterranean sea journeys for migrants have grown more deadly: UNHCR

10 june 2022 - 18:10:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Migrants who risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean to Europe on flimsy boats often piloted [...] Full text...

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132 Libyan asylum seekers evacuated by UNHCR to Rwanda

01 june 2022 - 15:08:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of 132 vulnerable asylum seekers, including young children, were evacuated from Libya to Rwanda [...] Full text...

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UNHCR 'deeply concerned' by renewed violence displacing thousands in DRC's North Kivu

27 may 2022 - 13:14:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is deeply concerned about the urgent and large-scale needs of [...] Full text...

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Record 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide: UNHCR

23 may 2022 - 05:10:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Wars around the world have pushed the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human [...] Full text...

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Violence in Ethiopia's Benishangul Gumuz region hits humanitarian response

06 may 2022 - 16:19:37
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Metekel zone in Benishangul Gumuz regional state remains complex requiring an [...] Full text...

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Niger faces refugee influx as violence increases in neighbouring states: UNHCR

05 may 2022 - 11:06:23
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Tens of thousands of new refugees have arrived in Niger in the last four months to [...] Full text...

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168,000 Libyans internally displaced by violence, says UNHCR

03 may 2022 - 16:18:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 168,000 people remain internally displaced (IDPs) across Libya as a result of the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, partners in Uganda seek US$47.8 million to support 60,000 refugees fleeing violence in South Sudan and eastern DRC

30 april 2022 - 10:57:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 44 humanitarian partners on Friday launched a coordinated [...] Full text...

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Deaths at sea on migrant routes to Europe almost double, year on year: UNHCR

30 april 2022 - 06:08:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 3,000 people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean and the [...] Full text...

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35 asylum seekers released by UNHCR from a detention centre south of Tripoli

27 april 2022 - 16:35:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 35 asylum-seekers, including eight women and 20 children, were released on Monday from [...] Full text...

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Several sub-Saharan refugees in Tunis demand =evacuation to other countries

20 april 2022 - 13:09:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several refugees from sub-Saharan countries have been taking part in a sit-in in front of the [...] Full text...

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DRC, UNHCR concerned about levels of insecurity in the east

20 april 2022 - 11:06:50
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Office of the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the UN [...] Full text...

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UNHCR supports peaceful end to conflict between herders, farmers in South Sudan

20 april 2022 - 10:51:09
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Semi-nomadic cattle herders blamed for a spate of deadly clashes with settled farmers in South [...] Full text...

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UNHCR ‘firmly’ opposes UK-Rwanda offshore migration processing deal

15 april 2022 - 05:46:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A deal made by the United Kingdom to send some migrants for processing and relocation to [...] Full text...

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Millions of refugees in East Africa face 'desperate future' - UN agencies ward

13 april 2022 - 12:34:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle [...] Full text...

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Thousands flee into Uganda following clashes in DRC

01 april 2022 - 12:20:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, alongside the Government of Uganda and humanitarian partners, is assisting some 10,000 [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns of dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms

29 march 2022 - 12:36:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency warned on Tuesday  that prolonged flooding and displacement in South Sudan is [...] Full text...

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Thousands continue to flee violence in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province

23 march 2022 - 05:08:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One year after brutal attacks by suspected Al Shabab militants began in northern Mozambique, thousands continue [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe

22 march 2022 - 12:00:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian partners, is rushing to assist thousands [...] Full text...

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UNHCR condemns deadly attack on displaced people in DR Congo

21 march 2022 - 19:47:33
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday condemned in the strongest terms the most recent attack [...] Full text...

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UNHCR and partners seek US$1.2 billion to address Africa’s largest refugee crisis

18 march 2022 - 12:49:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), together with 102 humanitarian and development partners is appealing [...] Full text...

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Moroccan civil society groups allege recruitment of child soldiers by Polisario Front

18 march 2022 - 12:15:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The president of the human rights group, New Generation Foundation and Sahrawi activist, Nour Bouhanana, has [...] Full text...

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UNHCR concerned at climate change impacts in South Sudan

16 march 2022 - 06:15:43
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Climate change-driven flooding and drought are threatening to aggravate an already precarious situation in vulnerable [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says refugee family from Libya reintegrated in Europe

15 march 2022 - 20:21:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A family of three from Libya was resettled in Europe on Monday by the United Nations [...] Full text...

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UNHCR ramps up aid to thousands displaced by Somalia drought

12 march 2022 - 05:26:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency is scaling up assistance to thousands of people displaced by severe drought [...] Full text...

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UNHCR: COVID-19, climate crisis worsen inequalities for displaced women and girls

09 march 2022 - 13:07:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are delivering a triple blow to the rights and [...] Full text...

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UNHCR seeks US$205 million for life-saving assistance to over 1.6 million people affected by Ethiopia conflict

04 march 2022 - 12:01:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is appealing for US$205 million to deliver life-saving assistance and [...] Full text...

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UNHCR airlifts 100 refugees from Libya to Italy

01 march 2022 - 13:14:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 100 vulnerable asylum seekers, including women and children, were airlifted out of Libya on Monday [...] Full text...

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UNHCR alarmed by rising violence against displaced civilians in eastern DR Congo

18 february 2022 - 13:00:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Militia groups across eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to [...] Full text...

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Thousands of Eritrean refugees displaced in clashes in Ethiopia’s Afar region - UNHCR

18 february 2022 - 12:33:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is working with the Ethiopian authorities and partners to [...] Full text...

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UNHCR welcomes pledges by Burundi under Global Compact on Refugees

09 february 2022 - 11:42:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has welcomed the pledges made by the Government of Burundi [...] Full text...

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More than 7,000 Burkinabe refugees in Côte d'Ivoire following attacks by jihadist groups -UN

05 february 2022 - 18:39:52
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said here Saturday that insecurity had led to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia crisis: UNHCR rushing aid to 20,000 refugees fleeing clashes

05 february 2022 - 08:42:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and partners are rushing life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees [...] Full text...

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Insecurity drives more Burkinabe into exile - UNHCR

04 february 2022 - 11:22:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Sahel region, already plagued by political instability, widespread violence, food shortages and disproportionately impacted by [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: More peacekeepers deployed in wake of deadly camp attack

04 february 2022 - 05:14:07
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have stepped up their presence in the [...] Full text...

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Sudan reassures WFP no more looting of storehouses in Darfur

03 february 2022 - 16:30:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Thursday reassured the World Food Programme (WFP) there would be no repeat [...] Full text...

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Children, long-term refugees among population at risk of statelessness in Horn of Africa

03 february 2022 - 13:14:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) say children and long-term refugees are among populations a [...] Full text...

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EU gives 4 million euros to Burundi for reintegration of former refugees

01 february 2022 - 12:38:08
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has given 4 million euros to support the local office of the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Eritrean refugees ‘scared and struggling to eat’ amid aid obstacles

21 january 2022 - 17:36:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For the first time in weeks, aid teams have reached refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, [...] Full text...

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Four dead, seven missing as illegal migrant boat sinks off the Tunisian coast

21 january 2022 - 16:42:38
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Four people died and seven others were reported missing after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank [...] Full text...

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UN agencies denounce attacks on their operations in Darfur

18 january 2022 - 09:52:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UN agencies operating in the Sudan have strongly denounced attacks on UN operations in Darfur, the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced

14 january 2022 - 12:48:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refuges (UNHCR), is calling for concerted international action to end armed [...] Full text...

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UN chief condemns 'appalling' attacks in Nigeria

11 january 2022 - 05:23:01
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, strongly condemned on Monday the “appalling”  attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Nigeria’s Zamfara State in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Two children killed in airstrike on Tigray refugee camp

07 january 2022 - 04:36:09
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday that refugees are not and [...] Full text...

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Sudanese official complains about pressure of refugees on region

05 january 2022 - 16:32:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A government official in Eastern Gadarif state has complained that the heavy presence of refugees in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: US special envoy for Horn of Africa expected in Ethiopia to discuss prospects for peace

05 january 2022 - 07:29:57
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman is to arrive in the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates 117 refugees to Niger

01 january 2022 - 12:41:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has evacuated 177 asylum seekers from Libya to Niger, [...] Full text...

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2021 Year in Review: Refugee, migrant numbers rise, despite travel curbs

29 december 2021 - 13:11:13
New York, US (PANA) - Pandemic-related travel restrictions may have put a dent on international migration figures in 2021, but [...] Full text...

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Sudan protests: Security forces in spotlight over sexual violence allegations

21 december 2021 - 19:11:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PAN) - Reports of serious sexual violence and the use of live ammunition against protesters at the weekend [...] Full text...

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Thousands of DR Congo refugees in Zambia opt to return home

21 december 2021 - 10:32:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 5,000 refugees who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) four years [...] Full text...

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Clashes in Cameroon’s Far North displace more than 100,000 people

20 december 2021 - 08:07:50
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region in the past two weeks have driven [...] Full text...

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176 refugees evacuated from Libya to Rwanda by UNHCR

10 december 2021 - 19:00:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 176 vulnerable asylum seekers were evacuated from Libya on Friday on a humanitarian [...] Full text...

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UNHCR staff members wounded in DR Congo

09 december 2021 - 05:57:40
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed outrage over an attack on a convoy in [...] Full text...

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Clashes displace thousands in Darfur; 6.2 million will need assistance next year

07 december 2021 - 18:05:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With escalating violence displacing thousands of people since November, the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s Darfur is getting worse and around 6.2 million people will [...] Full text...

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UNHCR appalled by series of appalling deadly attacks on displaced people in DR Congo

01 december 2021 - 06:05:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee Agency (UNHCR) is “appalled by a series of deadly attacks” on displaced people [...] Full text...

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More than 90 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya to Italy, says UNHCR

26 november 2021 - 11:18:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 93 asylum seekers, who were living in precarious conditions in Libya, were evacuated [...] Full text...

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Violence against refugee women surged in 2020: UNHCR

26 november 2021 - 05:09:10
New York, US (PANA) - One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation [...] Full text...

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Violence, insecurity and climate change drive 84 million people from their homes

12 november 2021 - 09:26:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced [...] Full text...

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Fighting in eastern DR Congo forces 11,000 to flee to Uganda: UNHCR

09 november 2021 - 10:31:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An upsurge of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has forced at [...] Full text...

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COP26: Urgent steps needed now to mitigate climate impact on displaced people, says UNHCR

08 november 2021 - 05:23:49
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said there is now a clear link between [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates 172 asylum seekers from Libya to Niger

06 november 2021 - 13:19:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, facilitated the evacuation of 172 vulnerable asylum-seekers including families, children travelling [...] Full text...

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HRW says more than 2,000 asylum seekers in dire need of shelter in Libya

04 november 2021 - 10:15:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 2,000 African asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants camping since early October 2021 in precarious [...] Full text...

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Libyan coast guards rescue 80 illegal migrants

03 november 2021 - 11:58:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eighty 80 illegal migrants of various African nationalities, who were heading to the European coast on [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says 92 illegal migrants rescued off Libya

01 november 2021 - 13:05:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Monday that 92 illegal migrants were [...] Full text...

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Rwanda to resume transfer of refugees caught up in Libya

29 october 2021 - 21:39:07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Rwanda, the African Union and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have agreed to [...] Full text...

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Three Burkinabe soldiers killed in western Burkina Faso

26 october 2021 - 19:35:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three Burkinabe soldiers were killed Monday night in an armed attack in the locality of [...] Full text...

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UNHCR restarts operation to help return of refugees from the Central African Republic

26 october 2021 - 11:02:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has restarted an operation to help thousands of people [...] Full text...

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Senior Libyan official announces integrated approach to stop migrant flows with Libya's southern neighbours

25 october 2021 - 21:08:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Th e deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa Al-Kouni, has affirmed that all the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR calls on Libya to urgently develop plan for asylum seekers, refugees

22 october 2021 - 11:36:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),on Friday urged the Libyan government to immediately address the dire situation [...] Full text...

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UNHCR responding to worst flooding in decades in South Sudan

20 october 2021 - 06:04:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is supporting the Government of South Sudan in assisting people hit hard by the worst [...] Full text...

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Libyan coastguards rescue some 100 migrants

18 october 2021 - 11:14:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 100 illegal migrants of different African nationalities who were on board two boats heading for [...] Full text...

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UNHCR calls for equal access for refugees to quality mental healthcare

10 october 2021 - 10:49:39
New York, US (PANA) - As the world marks World Mental Health Day on Sunday, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) [...] Full text...

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Thousands of illegal migrants escape from detention centre in Tripoli

09 october 2021 - 11:22:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 2,000 illegal migrants on Friday escaped from the Ghot Chaal detention centre, in the western [...] Full text...

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UNHCR recommends end of refugee status for Ivorians by June next year

08 october 2021 - 05:54:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Following an in-depth analysis of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) recommended [...] Full text...

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Serious human rights violations in Libya, UN report

07 october 2021 - 20:25:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The chairman of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, Mohamed Aujjar, presented on Thursday the first [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, IGAD host special session on displacements in Sudan, South Sudan

05 october 2021 - 12:54:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The sub-regional trade grouping, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), on [...] Full text...

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UN calls on Libya to respect human rights after migrant dies

03 october 2021 - 14:15:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Under-Secretary-General and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Georgette Gagnon, has called on the Libyan authorities [...] Full text...

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Sahel: UN concerned about worsening insecurity in 'tri-border area

30 september 2021 - 18:15:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday expressed concern about the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, NGO to hold forum on solutions to Africa's forced displacement crisis

29 september 2021 - 11:02:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Amahoro Coalition, an NGO, are to convene a forum [...] Full text...

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UNHCR welcomes US' plan to increase refugee resettlement

22 september 2021 - 06:36:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United States President Joe Biden’s proposal to raise the target for refugee resettlement there in the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR reiterates calls for suffering of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian crisis

17 september 2021 - 07:41:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reiterated its urgent call for investigations following the release [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Eritrean forces, Tigrayan militants abused Eritrean refugees - says HRW

16 september 2021 - 07:27:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have committed killings, rape, and other grave abuses against Eritrean refugees [...] Full text...

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Libyan Interior Ministry discusses resumption of voluntary repatriation of migrants with UN agencies

13 september 2021 - 12:47:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and two UN agencies on Sunday  discussed the resumption of the Voluntary Nations Repatriation programme [...] Full text...

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Millions need urgent humanitarian assistance in eastern DR Congo: UNHCR

11 september 2021 - 05:43:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed alarm by violence committed against civilians by [...] Full text...

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Only 34 per cent of refugees attend secondary school: UNHCR

07 september 2021 - 07:35:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two-thirds of refugee children might never get to secondary school, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned [...] Full text...

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AU to use Chinese military aid to assist armies to combat ‘worrisome’ child abductions

04 september 2021 - 02:49:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is planning to use US$100 million worth of non-lethal military aid [...] Full text...

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UN agencies welcome Sudanese Govt's new Action Plan to combat human trafficking

01 september 2021 - 05:18:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Healthcare practitioners battle to restore maternal services after drastic disruption

31 august 2021 - 22:06:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Healthcare professionals across the African continent have been investing in the restoration of maternal healthcare services [...] Full text...

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Ensuring the right to a nationality, eradicating statelessness is achievable: UNHCR

30 august 2021 - 05:17:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is achievable and more pressing than ever, [...] Full text...

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‘Solutions must be found’ for millions displaced from Sudan and South Sudan: UNHCR chief

26 august 2021 - 05:11:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Finding solutions based on peace and development is crucial for the future of the nearly seven [...] Full text...

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G5 Sahel force donates food, other items to Mali for vulnerable communities

25 august 2021 - 12:06:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The G5 Sahel multinational force, in partnership with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), [...] Full text...

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Serbian weapons identified in stockpiles of brutal armed groups in Sahel

24 august 2021 - 05:28:25
London, UK (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, says its arms experts have identified Serbian-manufactured weapons in videos posted [...] Full text...

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Refugees and asylum seekers complain about their situation in Tunisia

21 august 2021 - 20:50:00
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The official spokesperson of the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES), Romdhane Ben Omar, [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso's president meets defence council after Wednesday's armed attack

20 august 2021 - 20:27:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Friday chaired a session of [...] Full text...

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Another boat tragedy off North Africa’s Atlantic coast stark reminder of perilous sea journeys: UN agencies

19 august 2021 - 07:31:56
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), say the deaths of 47 [...] Full text...

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42,000 refugees registered in Libya - UNHCR

16 august 2021 - 22:34:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 42,000 refugees and asylum seekers are registered in Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner [...] Full text...

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‘Widespread and systematic’ violence in DRC linked to clashes over gold

14 august 2021 - 06:17:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR says access restored to Tigray camps sheltering Eritrean refugees

11 august 2021 - 05:40:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid workers said on Tuesday that they have reached two refugee camps for Eritrean nationals  [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Ceasefire in Tigray more urgent now than ever, says UN relief chief

07 august 2021 - 05:14:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A ceasefire in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on humanitarian grounds is needed now more [...] Full text...

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AU calls on member countries to speed up evacuation of citizens stranded in Libya

31 july 2021 - 17:19:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on Member States to expedite the evacuation and return [...] Full text...

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Tigray fighting hampering relief operations in northern Ethiopia

30 july 2021 - 22:32:10
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Humanitarian organisations have faced serious challenges in delivering aid to the troubled Northern region of [...] Full text...

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UNHCR marks 70th anniversary of Geneva Refugee Convention

28 july 2021 - 10:41:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Wednesday, 28 July marks the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Refugee Convention, a key international treaty establishing [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR says Eritrean refugees in Tigray caught up in conflict

28 july 2021 - 10:28:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency has expressed extreme worry about the fate of thousands of Eritrean refugees [...] Full text...

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Increased jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso spark record-breaking displacement: UNHCR

24 july 2021 - 05:41:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rising violent attacks by jihadist groups in Burkina Faso are forcing record-breaking numbers of people to [...] Full text...

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Progress towards ending AIDS among children, others stalling - UNAIDS warns

21 july 2021 - 22:24:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The UNAIDS and partners have warned in their 'Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free' report that [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says 133 asylum seekers evacuated to Rwanda

19 july 2021 - 11:31:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 133 asylum seekers left Tripoli for Rwanda last Thursday on a humanitarian evacuation [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Situation in Eritrean refugee camps in Tigray deteriorating - UNHCR

16 july 2021 - 05:43:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has flagged the rapidly deteriorating situation in two [...] Full text...

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Tigray: UNHCR says extremely concerned about Eritrean refugees

13 july 2021 - 21:04:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said Tuesday he was extremely concerned [...] Full text...

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Libyan government focuses on social programmes for IDPs

07 july 2021 - 13:46:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- An expanded ministerial meeting of the Libyan government has stressed the need for social programmes for the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says severe storms damage shelters of 16,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan

29 june 2021 - 10:13:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 16,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan’s eastern refugee settlements of Um Rakuba and Tunaydbah have [...] Full text...

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WFP welcomes US$5.3 million from United States for refugee food assistance in Rwanda

24 june 2021 - 15:30:00
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received on Thursday US$5.3 million from USAID’s Bureau for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR urges states to remove vaccine barriers for refugees

24 june 2021 - 10:57:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Four months since the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, the global initiative [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Millions of stateless people could miss out on COVID-19 jabs: UNHCR

23 june 2021 - 05:06:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso army 'neutralised' 11 suspected terrorists last week

22 june 2021 - 09:16:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe armed forces say they neutralised 11 suspected terrorists and destroyed three of their [...] Full text...

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Angelina Jolie calls for solidarity with refugees around the world

21 june 2021 - 18:00:47
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN refugee agency's special envoy, Angelina Jolie, has called for solidarity with refugees around [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians report thousands facing most severe food insecurity in northern Mozambique

19 june 2021 - 08:45:19
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Although the ongoing harvest is expected to improve food security in parts of Mozambique, the conflict [...] Full text...

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UN, WHO call for renewal of humanitarian assistance to millions in north-west Syria

18 june 2021 - 22:25:05
Geneva-Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of people caught up in an active war zone in north-west Syria remain in need of humanitarian [...] Full text...

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UNHCR urges world leaders to act to reverse trend of soaring displacement

18 june 2021 - 06:05:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday urged world leaders to step up their [...] Full text...

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IOM, UNHCR condemn return of migrants and refugees to Libya

17 june 2021 - 07:40:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have condemned [...] Full text...

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International agencies reach hundreds of thousands of civilians in Sudan cut off for a decade

13 june 2021 - 18:25:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – United Nations humanitarian agencies on Sunday said that they have reached hundreds of thousands of civilians [...] Full text...

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Violence continues in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado, as agencies respond to growing needs

13 june 2021 - 06:41:23
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Civilians continue to flee armed conflict and insecurity in northern Mozambique, more than two months after militants attacked the coastal [...] Full text...

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Some 217,000 people displaced in Libya by conflict, says EU

11 june 2021 - 09:16:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 217,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in Libya, the European Union (EU) Mission [...] Full text...

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More than 3,300 people abandon their villages in Burkina Faso's Sahel after recent terrorist attacks

08 june 2021 - 17:28:11
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 3,300 people, including more than 2,000 children and more than 500 women, have [...] Full text...

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UNHCR condemns 'deadliest attack in Burkina Faso in years'

08 june 2021 - 10:30:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has strongly condemned the latest attack by armed groups that killed [...] Full text...

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Nearly 6,000 people flee brutal attacks on displacement sites in eastern DRC: UNHCR

04 june 2021 - 11:17:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deadly attacks by the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have forced some 5,800 people to [...] Full text...

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UNHCR: Some 350,000 people in urgent need of help after DRC volcano

01 june 2021 - 10:01:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is continuing to assist thousands of people affected [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: UN agency expresses grave concerns over 'dire' situation in Tigray region

30 may 2021 - 06:56:39
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians have expressed deep concern about serious and ongoing abuses carried out against displaced civilians who are also facing [...] Full text...

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UNHCR calls for international support to improve access to higher education for young refugees

28 may 2021 - 15:05:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Friday urged international support for young refugees to access higher [...] Full text...

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