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USA: Immediately revoke COVID-19 suspension of environmental protections
Responding to the US Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) announcement it would indefinitely suspe..
UNHCR airlifts emergency aid for Sudanese refugees in Chad
An emergency shipment airlifted from Dubai arrives in Chad, bringing blankets, jerry cans, mosquito ..
IOM Steps Up Humanitarian Response on Turkeys Land and Sea Borders
Edirne- As the situation on the Turkey/EU border enters its second week IOM, with its partners, cont..
Shipwreck off coast of Libya pushes migrant deaths on the Mediterranean past 20,000 mark
Berlin – A tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya last month and more than a dozen other recent fat..
Brutal cold intensifies desperation for rising numbers of displaced in north-west Syria
Geneva – Sub-zero temperatures and increased snowfall are further exacerbating the humanitarian cris..
UNHCR to suspend operations at GDF in Tripoli amid safety concerns
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today, Thursday, 30 January, that it is suspending its opera..
Guatemala’s children bear brunt of prolonged drought and rising heat
by Anastasia Moloney | @anastasiabogota | Thomson Reuters Foundation Tuesday, 21 January 2020 17:14 ..
IRC warns 650,000 civilians may be forced to flee if escalation in north-west Syria continues
New York, NY, January 16, 2020 — The humanitarian situation in northwest Syria is reaching catastrop..
Libya: Tens of thousands of children at risk amidst violence and chaos of unrelenting conflict
NEW YORK, 17 January 2020 – “Children in Libya, including refugee and migrant children, continue to ..
UN report details scale of rights violations suffered by children in Syrian war
UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria Publishes Report on Childrens Rights over the course of the Syrian..