The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported Thursday September 12 that it had delivered humanitarian aid on Wednesday to the 15,000 IDPs in the Rukban camp in southeastern Syria. The camp management, however, said that the UN and Syrian government convoy had not been allowed to enter the camp.
UNHCR is calling on the international community to not abandon displaced people in Libya, who it says are "suffering immensely."
At the height of the Darfur war — considered the world's worst conflict in 2004 — a nurse from the US treated a baby with a leg injury. 15 years later, she was reunited with him on board a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean.
Will the Spanish rescue boat Open Arms be fined for its latest rescue operations? The Spanish deputy prime minister has criticized the Spanish-flagged ship, stressing that it had not been authorized to conduct rescue operations.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denounced that after 10 years of conflict in northeastern Nigeria, living conditions and humanitarian needs remain very serious.
The international relief agency the Order of Malta, Malteser International, has urged the international community to do more to help developing countries meet refugees' needs.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has expressed interest in a proposal for a humanitarian corridor from Libya, the Comunità di Sant'Egidio said Thursday.
More than 2,500 people have fled their homes in southwest Libya following devastating floods caused by heavy rains that began in late May, according to the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR. Four people have died in the flooding.
Among the refugees who arrived at Rome airport from Lebanon were several children. This latest flight brings the total number of refugees welcomed through humanitarian corridors to more than 2,500.
The European Commission has decided to provide 3 million euros to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), so that they can provide cash assistance to Palestinian refugees hit by the war in Syria.
Bosnian authorities have announced that a new migrant reception center will be built near Bihac. This center will replace two temporary reception centers.
Thousands of migrants and refugees are stranded in Bosnia on their way to Western Europe. They are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. The international Red Cross says some have died while trying to find shelter.