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UNHCR’s Volker Turk warns of threats to global asylum environment in key address

Violations of international refugee law, such as attacks by troops and families being driven back across borders, jeopardized the safety of people fleeing for their lives in 2017, UNHCR’s international protection chief said on October 5.

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UN’s global emergency response fund allocates additional $12 million to urgently help refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar

Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock, on October 3, released an additional US$12 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently help the most vulnerable people fleeing...

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Japan Boosts WFP Food And Nutrition Programmes In Cholera-Ridden Yemen

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$1 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide much-needed food and nutrition assistance in Yemen over the coming months on Oct 04. With these funds, WFP will be able to...

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One year after Hurricane Matthew, Haiti’s children still vulnerable to natural disasters

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A child stands for a photograph near the destroyed École Mixtes Pierre Louis Marie in Dame-Marie, Haiti.

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