Refugee resettlement hits 20-year low amid pandemic, U.S. cuts - U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Barely 1.6% of 1.44 million people with refugee status who were prioritised for resettlement in another country of asylum last year found new homelands through the U.N. refugee agency, the lowest number in nearly two decades, it said on Monday.

To help learners cope, stakeholders are stepping up to do their bit

IT’S been almost a year since schools moved their lessons online but the perennial problem of unequal access to gadgets and stable Internet connection have hindered the learning progress of some.

Rohingya given leeway to work at Meru market until April

ROHINGYA holding United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards can work at Pasar Besar Meru until the end of April.

Nearly 60,000 have fled Central African Republic violence: U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of people fleeing violence in the Central African Republic has doubled in just a week to nearly 60,000, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, as post-electoral violence intensifies.

Major violations of international law at Tigray refugee camps - U.N

(Reuters) - There have been major violations of international law at two refugee camps in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, the U.N.'s refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.

Fire destroys homes of thousands in Rohingya refugee camps, UNHCR says

(Reuters) - A huge fire swept through the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh in the early hours of Thursday, the United Nations said, destroying homes belonging to thousands of people.

Refugee women in Malaysia have no protection against violence

From text to tablet: how to learn in a lockdown

As a third lockdown traps millions of British schoolchildren at home, free tablets and televised lessons are being touted as alternative ways to learn in a lockdown.

Covid-19: Police set up roadblock at UNHCR settlement in Labuan

LABUAN (Bernama): Police have set up a roadblock at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)-sanctioned settlement of Kiamsam, here, after the Labuan health authority declared the settlement as a Covid-19 red zone.

Hundreds of Syrians flee Lebanon camp as tents torched

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrian refugees fled their makeshift camp in north Lebanon after their tents were torched when fighting broke out between local youths and camp residents, aid officials said on Sunday.