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Refugees

Southern Africa’s environment migrants are the ‘forgotten refugees’ Refugees

Southern Africa’s environment migrants are the ‘forgotten refugees’

Weather’s force: A worker on Linah and Godfrey Hapakas’ farm looks at clouds in Kaumba, Zambia (above). The Hapakas are part of a programme managed by the World Food Programme that facilitates the adoption of climate-smart agriculture. Zimbabweans (below) climb into a South African National Defence Force vehicle after they…
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March 19, 2022
Refugees from other wars see themselves in fleeing Ukrainians Refugees

Refugees from other wars see themselves in fleeing Ukrainians

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March 18, 2022
Hungary: the importance of mental health and psychosocial support to refugees and displaced people – one mother’s story of a life upended through the Ukraine war Refugees

Hungary: the importance of mental health and psychosocial support to refugees and displaced people – one mother’s story of a life upended through the Ukraine war

In normal times, Maria Bilovodska runs a successful fashion brand in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. These are not normal times. In the registration centre of Hungary’s Beregsurány border crossing point, Maria looks tired and pale after her long journey. Sitting in a low chair, surrounded by other exhausted-looking families, she is…
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March 18, 2022
Prioritizing the health of refugees and migrants: an urgent, necessary plan of action for countries and regions in our interconnected world Refugees

Prioritizing the health of refugees and migrants: an urgent, necessary plan of action for countries and regions in our interconnected world

Press contacts: Bhanu Bhatnagar Press & Media Relations Officer WHO Regional Office for Europe Email: bbhatnagar@who.int Press office: WHO/Europe Press Office Email: eupress@who.int Istanbul, 18 March 2022Amid multiple ongoing humanitarian crises triggered by conflict, natural disasters, and climate change, 3 WHO regional offices brought together governments, civil society including refugee…
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March 18, 2022
Smell of death, bodies in the streets: Fleeing Ukrainians recount ‘hell’ in Mariupol Refugees

Smell of death, bodies in the streets: Fleeing Ukrainians recount ‘hell’ in Mariupol

AFP — Fleeing Ukrainian families have described the “hell” they left behind in the besieged city of Mariupol, of seeing corpses in the streets and of sleeping in sub-zero temperatures, hiding in cellars. Shelled relentlessly by Russian forces, they said they were forced to melt snow for drinking water and…
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March 17, 2022
Hundreds of Canadian Airbnb hosts open their doors, offering to house Ukrainian refugees Refugees

Hundreds of Canadian Airbnb hosts open their doors, offering to house Ukrainian refugees

Over 700 Canadians are part of a global network of thousands of Airbnb hosts that have opened their doors to Ukrainian refugees fleeing war since late February. Toronto resident Aditya Ahuja, a business manager in the recruitment industry, says he's hoping to host Ukrainian refugees in his spare bedroom for…
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March 17, 2022