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Refugees need better mental health support amid rising …

WEBGENEVA – Refugees demonstrate great resilience in the face of life-altering circumstances but need increased support for mental health services, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said.. According to new figures out this week, UNHCR provided mental health and psychosocial support services to over 472,000 refugees, asylum-seekers …

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WHO and UNHCR join forces to improve health services for refugees

WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency today signed a new agreement to strengthen and advance public health …

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UNHCR calls for equal access for refugees to quality mental …

WEBAhead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on the international community to boost quality mental health support …

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UNHCR highlights key concerns for refugee health amid

WEBGENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about the nutrition of refugees and its potential impact on health outcomes amid a confluence of …

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The rights and health of displaced must be protected in COVID …

WEBWe cannot allow fear or intolerance to undermine rights or compromise the effectiveness of responses to the global pandemic. We are all in this together. We can …

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Saving lives at the world’s largest refugee camp

WEBSince the Rohingya refugee crisis began nearly two years ago, UNHCR, its NGO partners and other UN agencies have worked closely with the Bangladesh Ministry …

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“City of Hope” – Students worldwide shape the future of refugee

WEBThis “City of Hope”, imagined by students participating in UNHCR’s third edition of the Model United Nations (MUN) Refugee Challenge, has been visualized by …

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Mental health and refugee children: “War is consistent daily trauma”

WEBWar and conflict can have a large impact on mental health, especially for children, she notes. “War is living a daily non-normal. It is an unsteady and unending …

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Libya: UNHCR helps re-open health centre during lockdown

WEBAccess to health care remains a challenge for many. But in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, a primary healthcare centre in the Gergaresh neighbourhood of Tripoli – serving a catchment area of at least 30,000 people, including high concentrations of refugees and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa – has re-opened, thanks to the …

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UNHCR: People fleeing war to be considered refugees

WEBFaced with record displacement from war and conflict, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has this week moved to reinforce the global refugee protection regime …

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Libya: Mental health services help refugees transform their lives

WEBYusra is one of more than 200 refugees and asylum seekers who have received mental health and psychosocial support from UNHCR’s partner, CESVI, this …

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Rohingya refugee volunteers combat stresses of camp life with …

WEBThe young mother, a new patient at the health centre, shares her struggles to survive amid food ration cuts, growing violence between criminal groups, and the …

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UNHCR: COVID-19 underlines urgent need for universal health …

WEBIOM and UNHCR chiefs stress that COVID-19 underlines the urgent need for universal health coverage. Dec 11, 2020 | Featured Story, Press Release

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How does UNHCR resettle refugees

WEBReferring refugees for resettlement. Only recognized refugees whose life, liberty, safety, health, or other fundamental rights are at risk in the country where they have sought refuge are considered for resettlement. It is UNHCR’s role to identify those refugees most at risk, whose cases will be submitted to resettlement countries.

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Refugee Statistics

WEBFind the latest data and statistics on global displacement. An unprecedented 100 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Among them are 27.1 …

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Afghan refugee doctor dares women and girls to dream

WEBShe’s beaten the odds by becoming the first female doctor in her community. By achieving her dream of offering health care to the most vulnerable – …

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Midwifery programme tackles Afghanistan’s high maternal and …

WEBSpeaking from her one-room, mud-built house in the beautiful but remote village of Qala-e-Jaroo, high in the Qazan Valley, in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, …

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ARE REFUGEES GOOD FOR CANADA

WEB4 are refugees good for canada? a look at canadian refugee integration 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 10,000 0 198 11983 1985 1987 1989 199 1993 1995 1997 …

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