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Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa

·November 20, 2023·2 min read

The floods were caused by ongoing heavy rains and come in the wake of the longest and most severe drought on record, the impacts of which are still being felt by millions across the region. Among the greatest needs are food, emergency shelter, kitchen sets, blankets, clean water and hygiene...

Haiti: $21 million appeal to help thousands displaced by gang violence

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·October 10, 2023·1 min read

“Displacement severely risks the health, food and economic security of people, exposes them to gender-based violence, and puts pressure on local infrastructure and social cohesion within host communities,” Philippe Branchat, IOM Chief of Mission in Haiti said on Tuesday. Surging gang violence Surging gang violence in Carrefour-Feuilles and Savanes Pistaches...

More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF

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·August 25, 2023·2 min read

Fighting between the Sudanese Army and military rival the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which erupted in April, has displaced 1.7 million children within the country while more than 470,000 have fled across the border to safety. Urgent response needed Given these numbers, and that countless more children are trapped by the violence, “the...

Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert

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·June 27, 2023·1 min read

“The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and the number of people displaced across international borders is rapidly increasing,” said Ian Fry, independent human rights expert on climate change, who took up the new post last year. “In 2020 alone, 30.7 million people were displaced from their homes...

DR Congo: Desperate situation facing millions displaced by armed violence

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·May 7, 2023·1 min read

The country has 6.2 million internally displaced people, while more than 1.3 million have become refugees. UNHCR said that Goma, the capital of eastern DRC’s North Kivu province, hosts over 560,000 displaced people in and around the city. Many live in spontaneous sites on the side of the road, in dire...

Chad: Aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger

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·April 15, 2023·2 min read

Speaking from Ndjamena, Pierre Honnorat, director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Chad, said that as the country moves into the lean season in-between harvests, food assistance could grind to a complete halt. “Chad is surrounded by countries with crises and hosting some 600,000 refugees from Sudan, Niger,...

More than 850,000 Syrian, Turkish children displaced by earthquakes

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·March 7, 2023·3 min read

“Families forced from their homes by the earthquakes have spent the past four weeks focused on survival, their lives on hold while aftershocks continue to rumble,” said UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Afshan Khan. She said it is now critical “to do all we...

Refugee agency appeals for $137 million to help displaced in Horn of Africa

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·March 1, 2023·2 min read

Today in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, more than eight million people require food assistance and around 332,000 “urgently need food, otherwise their lives are at risk”, said UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado. A full eight in 10 of the displaced are women and children, the UNHCR official continued, while UN migration agency, IOM, warned...

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

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·December 26, 2022·8 min read

The 100 million figure, which includes those fleeing conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution, was announced by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in May and described by Filippo Grandi, the head of the agency, as “a record that should never have been set”. The figure is up from some...

Displaced families face winter hardships, UN refugee agency warns |

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·November 14, 2022·1 min read

Agency spokesperson Olga Sarrado said on Friday that millions of the world’s most vulnerable people will be without essential basics. “For many of the world’s forcibly displaced, this coming winter will be far more challenging than in recent years, with many displaced families having to choose between food and warmth...

A record 37 million children displaced worldwide: UNICEF |

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·June 17, 2022·3 min read

This figure includes 13.7 million child refugees and asylum-seekers, and nearly 22.8 million, who are internally displaced due to conflict and violence.  However, not included are children displaced by climate and environmental shocks or disasters, as well as those newly displaced in 2022, including by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The...

More than 100 million now forcibly displaced: UNHCR report |

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·June 16, 2022·2 min read

“Every year of the last decade, the numbers have climbed,” said UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi. “Either the international community comes together to take action to address this human tragedy, resolve conflicts and find lasting solutions, or this terrible trend will continue.” Today, one in every 78 people on earth is...