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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.

UNHCR calls for actions to address rise in Rohingya deaths at sea

Published on: January 23, 2024
16:22

United Nations, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) The UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by statistics revealing a surge in the number of desperate Rohingya refugees reportedly dying or going missing while taking risky boat journeys in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal during 2023.

UNHCR repatriates 72 people from Angola to DRC

Published on: October 4, 2023
16:45

Luanda, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday announced on X social media the repatriation of 72 people from Angola to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

WHO and UNHCR warn about cholera outbreak in Ethiopia

Published on: September 22, 2023
11:23

Addis Ababa, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) More than 20 thousand positive cases of cholera and 271 related deaths in seven regions of Ethiopia was confirmed ub the latest report of the World Health Organization (WHO), quoted by the local press.

UNHCR expresses deepest condolences for shipwrecks in Aegean Sea

Published on: August 28, 2023
17:43

Athens, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Greece expressed its deepest condolences to the victims of two shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea on Monday.

4 million people now forcibly displaced by the Sudan crisis – UNHCR

Published on: August 8, 2023
15:56

United Nations, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) With more than 4 million people now forcibly displaced by the Sudan crisis, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply worried about deteriorating health conditions across the country, including in refugee camps as well as at border entry points and transit centers in neighboring countries, where people forced to flee are arriving.

UNHCR highlights Russian actions to assist Ukrainian refugees

Published on: June 24, 2022
12:05

Moscow, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The acting head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Karim Atassi, said today that Russia is dealing adequately and at a high level with evacuees coming from Ukraine.

UNHCR chief calls for treating asylum-seekers worldwide as Ukrainians

Published on: March 21, 2022
19:10

Brussels, March 21 (Prensa Latina) The head of UN refugee agency UNHCR, Filipo Grandi, on Monday called for treating all migrants around the world in the same way as Ukrainians.

UNHCR demands end to violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Published on: February 18, 2022
10:42

Geneva, Feb 18 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) today demanded an "immediate" end to violence against civilians and a halt to kidnappings in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Climate change fuels violence, mass displacement in Cameroon

Published on: December 10, 2021
19:13

United Nations, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) The shortage of drinking water in Cameroon has led to an escalation in violent clashes and forced displacement in communities in the north of the African country, the United Nations (UN) warned Friday.

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