News by topic: Humanitarian Aid

Refugee outflows resulting from Nigeria crisis spreading to Cameroon – UN agency

18 June – The United Nations refugee agency today reported that the ongoing crisis in north-eastern Nigeria is continuing to send people fleeing to Niger and now to Cameroon amid the insecurity resulting from confrontations between the army and insurgents.

Visiting Lebanon, UN official urges greater support for Syrian refugees and their hosts

18 June – The United Nations refugee chief today urged greater support for those who have fled the conflict in Syria and for the countries hosting them, as he kicked off a visit to the region in Lebanon, where the pressure on local communities has become “overwhelming.”

Palestinian refugee camps in Syria now ‘theatres of war’ – UN agency chief

17 June – Warning that the centrifugal force of the Syria crisis continues to imperil the region, a senior United Nations agency official today said that more than half of the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria have become “theatres of war,” where killings and kidnappings have become the norm.

For the first time in nearly a year, UN reaches refugees in Myanmar’s Kachin state

14 June – The United Nations humanitarian relief agency today said it had, for the first time in a year, been able to deliver aid to thousands of displaced persons in Myanmar’s Kachin state.

UN delivers aid to thousands stranded in northern Syria

14 June – The United Nations refugee agency today said it has delivered vital aid for 5,000 people displaced in the northern Syria area of Al Raqqa, where the humanitarian situation is reported to be “extremely dire” after being inaccessible for the past three months.

Syria: UN humanitarian agencies reiterate call for access to 1.2 million stranded in Damascus

12 June – With United Nations-led convoys standing by to deliver urgent relief items, UN humanitarian agencies in Syria today reiterated their calls for immediate access to an estimated 1.2 million people in hard-to-reach areas of rural Damascus and elsewhere throughout the country.

Nigeria crisis sends over 6,000 people fleeing for safety, UN agency reports

11 June – Anti-insurgent operations and general insecurity have uprooted thousands of people in north-eastern Nigeria, with more than 6,000 of them fleeing to neighbouring Niger for safety, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today.

Up to 140,000 people still displaced one year after communal clashes in Myanmar – UN

7 June – Up to 140,000 people remain displaced a year after inter-communal violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the United Nations refugee agency said today.

Homelessness serious threat to refugees in Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia – UN report

7 June – Homelessness and the threat of homelessness are two of the most serious conditions affecting refugees and asylum-seekers living in Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia, according to a report released today by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

UN announces largest ever humanitarian appeal for conflict-torn Syria

7 June – The United Nations today launched a $4.4 billion humanitarian appeal – the largest aid request in the Organization's history – to assist the growing number of people suffering the effects of the crisis in Syria, which began two years ago with peaceful demonstrations but has since turned into a bloody conflict.