Health
New York: UN refugee agency UNHCR, on Thursday welcomed the growing number of countries that have offered COVID-19 vaccines to refugees before urging others to do the same. more
Syrian refugees resort to ever more desperate measures to resist pandemic impact
New York : The COVID-19 crisis has caused a dramatic spike in the number of Syrian refugees in need of emergency assistance in the last three months, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, in ...
‘Overwhelmed’ health systems have little room for sick refugees, migrants, UN agencies warn
New York : Four prominent United Nations system entities have called on countries to protect refugees, migrants, stateless persons and those forcibly displaced by disasters and conflict & ...
COVID-19: Agencies temporarily suspend refugee resettlement travel
New York: A “vital lifeline” for vulnerable families forced to flee their homelands has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic as two UN agencies announced on Tuesday that the ...
Coronavirus update: new WHO fund, Guterres calls for ‘prudence, not panic’
New York : In a video message recorded on Friday afternoon, UN chief António Guterres assured the world that the COVID-19 virus will peak, and the global economy will recover but, ...
