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Funding cuts impact on Refugees health: Without adequate resources, an estimated 12.8 m displaced people, including 6.3 m children, could be left without life-saving health interventions.   UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Briefing Note: unhcr.org/news/briefing-…

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Kenya: launching a groundbreaking initiative to improve the lives of more than 830,000 refugees and asylum-seekers & their generous hosts. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency News Release on the Shirika Plan: ⬇️ unhcr.org/news/press-rel…

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BREAKING: As aftershocks continue in central Myanmar, UNHCR is delivering emergency aid to 25,000+ earthquake survivors in Mandalay & Nay Pyi Taw. We're mobilizing shelter & relief items while assessing critical needs in hardest-hit areas. Read more: unhcr.org/news/briefing-…

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Tragic shipwreck north off Lesvos: 7 people dead, 23 rescued so far, search efforts continue for one child reported missing. Our thoughts are with the survivors who lost their loved ones. We stand ready to support in any way we can. ertnews.gr/perifereiakoi-…

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Across 6 regions and states in Myanmar after the earthquake—families have been forced from their homes. Many now shelter in monasteries & makeshift camps, relying on tarps & mats for protection. Together, we can ensure safe, dignified shelter for all. #MyanmarEarthquake

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Myanmar Earthquake: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for $16 million to assist 1.2 million people who survived last week’s devastating earthquake. Babar Baloch briefs the press on latest UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency update: unhcr.org/news/briefing-…

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Thousands of Congolese flee to #Uganda– Africa’s largest refugee host, sheltering 1.8 million refugees. Since Jan, 41,000+ have fled DRC to Uganda. Amid drastic funding cuts, the surge is overwhelming its overstretched, threadbare response capacity ⬇️ unhcr.org/news/briefing-…

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Since January, over 41,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩 have sought safety in Uganda 🇺🇬, bringing the total number of Congolese in Uganda to nearly 600,000. Matthew Crentsil, head of UNHCR Uganda, warns that reception centres at the border are overflowing.

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#Syria: Massive numbers of Syrians returning home since the fall of the Assad regime. 400,000 Syrians abroad and more than 1 million displaced elsewhere inside the country have now returned to their homes. Latest UN Refugee Agency update issued today: unhcr.org/news/briefing-…

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Noon briefing today: our guest today will be the Regional Director for East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Mamadou Dian Balde. Live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k…

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“Sudanese are besieged on all sides – war, widespread abuses, indignity, hunger and other hardships. And they face indifference from the outside world, which for the past two years has shown scant interest in bringing peace” UN Refugees Filippo Grandi ⬇️: unhcr.org/news/press-rel…

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Double crisis of severe floods and conflict fueling humanitarian emergency in #DRCongo. Flooding strikes a community already under extreme strain from the impact of violence. Thousands now displaced and many without shelter amid risks of disease outbreaks⬇️unhcr.org/news/briefing-…

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More aid arrives in #Myanmar for earthquake survivors. UN Refugee Agency chartered flight, supported by Dubai Humanitarian, landed today in Yangon with 40,000kgs of UN Refugee tents and other emergency aid, supplementing prior distributions and deployments unhcr.org/news/press-rel…

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DR Congo floods strike Tanganyika Province, host to 50,000 people who fled violence in South Kivu. UN Refugee Agency + partners providing relief but response efforts hindered by critical funding gaps, leaving thousands without the aid they urgently need. unhcr.org/news/briefing-…