Displaced people

UNHCR asks UK to reconsider laws against Rwanda displaced people

Published on: February 19, 2024
17:20

United Nations, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) The United Kingdom’s legislative moves to facilitate the prompt removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda run contrary to the basic principles of the rule of law and risk delivering a “serious blow” to human rights, the UN rights chief warned on Monday.

UNICEF offers support for displaced Lebanese after Israeli aggression

Published on: February 1, 2024
09:39

Beirut, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) currently offers assistance to families displaced in Lebanon as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression against localities in the south of the country.

IOM to raise millions of dollars to protect displaced people

Published on: January 22, 2024
14:04

United Nations, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today announced a .9 billion plan to protect migrants, reduce displacement and expand legal channels to migrate in 2024.

Heavy rains postpone return of displaced people in northern Uruguay

Published on: December 18, 2023
11:03

Montevideo, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) The return of those displaced by floods in northern Uruguay was postponed due to heavy rains that affected the departments of Artigas and Paysandú.

Refugees from Sudan conflict attacked in South Sudan

Published on: December 15, 2023
10:26

Khartoum, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) An armed group attacked a Sudanese convoy of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) in Warrap state, northern South Sudan, killing two people.

Displaced by floods return to their homes in Uruguay

Published on: December 10, 2023
08:32

Montevideo, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguay River recovers its level and the return of those displaced by floods, continues in several departments of the country .

UN calls for a total ceasefire on the fourth day of truce in Gaza

Published on: November 27, 2023
13:51

United Nations, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, today urged a total humanitarian ceasefire "for the benefit of the people of Gaza, Israel and the region in general".

People displaced by violence in Haiti ask for state intervention

Published on: October 25, 2023
14:54

Port-au-Prince, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) Two months after being forced to abandon their homes in the face of gang attacks, refugees at Carrefour Feuilles are asking on Wednesday for government intervention to allow them to return to their neighborhoods.

Haiti´s displaced people lack everything

Published on: September 30, 2023
11:53

Port-au-Prince, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) More than 32 thousand people had to abandon their homes since mid-September due to the new wave of violence in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, which affects communes such as Carrefour Feuilles, Tabarre, Solino and Bel Air.

Haiti to take measures for displaced children to return to school

Published on: September 14, 2023
17:08

Port-au-Prince, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian government is presently stepping up efforts on implementing measures to enable students and teachers displaced by the violence to return to schools. According to the Education Minister Nesmy Manigat, his ministry will provide the necessary conditions in all schools as soon as possible and has already identified a new building in the South department that will house a high school for those who had to flee their homes.

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