On the sixth anniversary of the Yazidi genocide at the hand of IS in Iraq, Germany's development minister has called for further commitment for those affected. The Yazidis' central council in Germany, meanwhile, sharply criticized the international community for a lack of willingness to clear up the atrocities.
The UN migration agency is calling on the international community to provide funds for aid in Central Sahel. Over a million people have been displaced and over three million are struggling with food insecurity in the region, IOM says.
Pope Francis appealed to the international community in his latest Sunday address, to help migrants stuck in Libya and bring an end to the fighting in that country.
In recent weeks, violence worsened in the Sahel region of Africa, causing hundreds of people to flee and putting greater pressure on host communities. UNHCR has issued a warning about the humanitarian situation in the area.
More than a thousand people – a mix of refugees from Mali, displaced Niger nationals and local host communities – have fled their home area in western Niger after an attack which killed three people and wounded others, UNHCR said in a statement Tuesday.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has urged donors from around the world to support the vital needs of some 3 million Syrians suffering under the global coronavirus pandemic after nearly a decade of civil war. Roughly 1.3 million Syrians are considered to have been internally displaced this year alone, while 1.7 million are freshly registering are refugees abroad.
In a new report, UNICEF said that in 2019 about 19 million children were living displaced in their own country due to conflicts and violence. This figure is the highest number ever of internally displaced children.
The Vatican has launched an appeal for aid and protection for the 50 million people in the world who are internally displaced in their countries due to wars and disasters. In a document, it is asking that these people not be forgotten by their countries and the international community.
The UN Refugee Agency has called for emergency funding to implement life-saving assistance programs for nearly one million vulnerable displaced persons and refugees in Yemen who risk losing their shelter and vital cash assistance for essentials like food and medicine.
The UN refugee agency says COVID-19 and curfew conditions in Libya have reduced the possibilities for people to find ways to survive, prompting an increase in migrant departures from Libya towards Europe.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned about the potential devastating consequences of a COVID-19 outbreak on millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeastern Nigeria.
Forced from their homes by floods, storms and wars, millions of internally displaced people are now at risk of a pandemic.