Tag: UNHCR

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Kristin Davis calls for urgent support for families fleeing Sudan

Stuart Mitchell

Kristin Davis, actor and Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, visited South Sudan last week to see the organization’s response to the deepening emergency caused by the war in Sudan – the world’s largest and most devastating displacement crisis, yet among the least funded. During her visit, Davis travelled to Renk Transit Centre and the Joda border crossing, where she met Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese refugee returnees who had fled escalating violence, insecurity and human rights violations inside Sudan. Ongoing fighting in Sudan continues to drive thousands…

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UNHCR launches new platform to analyse complex journeys across key routes

Stuart Mitchell

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched the Routes Monitor, a new data platform offering the most comprehensive picture to date of mixed movements across and along major global routes. Updated monthly, the platform brings together multiple sources of information – including from UNHCR, national authorities, UN and NGO partners, and media and social media monitoring – to show evolving trends, highlight protection needs and support more effective responses along entire journeys. This will help provide better protection and solutions where people are, offering alternatives to dangerous journeys. With a…

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UNHCR report reveals extreme weather driving repeated displacement among conflict-affected communities

Stuart Mitchell

Millions of refugees, people forced to flee, and their hosts are trapped in an increasingly vicious cycle of conflict and climate extremes, according to a new report released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The report warns that climate shocks are undermining chances of recovery, increasing humanitarian needs, and amplifying the risks of repeated displacement. By mid-2025, 117 million people had been displaced by war, violence and persecution. Three in four of them are living in countries facing high-to-extreme exposure to climate-related hazards. Over the past 10 years, weather-related…

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Progress in refugee education at risk from funding cuts, UNHCR warns

Stuart Mitchell

Cuts to humanitarian and development aid are putting hard-won recent progress in refugee education at risk, warns UNHCR in the tenth edition of its annual Refugee Education Report, published today.  “There have been tremendous efforts to increase enrolment at all levels for refugees,” Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in the report’s foreword. “But there is still so much more to do.” Strikingly, the report shows a leap forward in tertiary enrolment to 9 per cent, up from 7 per cent last year and well on progress to…

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Mastercard Foundation and UNHCR launch $300m partnership for refugee education and livelihoods

Stuart Mitchell

The Mastercard Foundation has announced a landmark $300 million strategic partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, that will enable more than half a million refugees and displaced youth across Africa to complete their education and 200,000 young people to transition into dignified work by 2030. “This extraordinary commitment comes at a time of unprecedented displacement across Africa, and globally,” said Kelly T. Clements, UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner. “Its scale and long-term focus – on education for refugee children and youth, and on livelihoods for adults – lay the foundation…

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