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Rwanda, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the African Union have signed this Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a transit mechanism for evacuating refugees out of Libya. Under the agreement, the Government of Rwanda will receive and provide protection to refugees and asylum-seekers who are currently being held in detention centers in […]
Cyclone-hit Malawi will need 290 billion Malawian kwacha (more than $ 381 million) for reconstruction work, according to a post-disaster needs assessment conducted by the government. According to Everton Chimulirenji, Vice-President of the Republic of Malawi, also in charge of disaster risk management, the government is committed to improve resilience to such events, to improve […]
The “dramatically deteriorating humanitarian situation” in Tripoli has highlighted that much more needs to be done to protect all non-combatants caught up in the battle for the Libyan capital, as the number of victims rises and thousands flee their homes, the UN said on Tuesday. In an update to journalists in Geneva, the UN migration agency, IOM, reported that […]
The UN Refugee Agency has voiced deep concern over the detention by the Algerian authorities of 120 refugees from Syria, Yemen and Palestine at the Tamanrasset Centre (southern Algeria) and their transfer to an area near the Guezzam border. UNHCR says it is concerned about the safety of these vulnerable individuals registered as refugees who […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres estimated at 90,000 the population held against their will in the Polisario-run camps in south-western Algeria, a figure that is much lower compared to the inflated count put forward by the separatists and their mentor. In a report to the Security Council, Guterres said the UN Humanitarian Agencies have continued […]
Libyan militias have forced nearly 2,000 people from an ethnic minority, targeted for their alleged links to the former Gadaffi Government, to flee long-established shelters in the capital Tripoli, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. In an appeal for the respect of the human rights of families originating from the city of Tawergha, […]
The European Union has earmarked €467 million funding to assist vulnerable migrants and refugees and address root causes of irregular migration. The new support measures in the Sahel/ Lake Chad region and the Horn of Africa will foster stability, jobs and growth, especially for young people and vulnerable groups. They complement ongoing bilateral and multilateral […]
Morocco reiterated its firm condemnation of Algeria’s connivance with the Polisario militias in maintaining a civil population hostage in abhorrent living conditions in the Tindouf camps. Speaking at the 71st session of the Standing Committee of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held on March 6-8 in Geneva, Morocco’s chargé d’affaires, Hassan Boukili, deplored the […]
UNHCR’s protection chief Volker Türk has praised Morocco for adopting a National Policy on Immigration and Asylum aiming at offering protection to refugees, the UN Refugee agency said in a statement. “Morocco is the first country on the African continent having signed the 1951 Geneva Convention,” Türk recalled in a speech at a meeting of […]
Libyan authorities have rescued in two separate operations on Monday at least 278 migrants as they tried to reach Europe. In one operation, 150 African migrants including two women and four children, were saved by Libyan coastguards after their inflatable boat engine broke down and started to sink. The migrants were brought ashore to a […]