Protection at risk UNHCR was created after the Second World War with the pledge that people fleeing persecution should be protected and not sent back to places where they might be in danger. Today, that pledge is under strain as deep funding cuts take effect. In his first keynote address to UNHCR’s Executive Committee meeting […]
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The toll rose from 109 after the bodies of 30 more people were recovered. Search and rescue efforts are continuing. The boat was carrying 305 people from Djibouti towards Yemen when it went down near Guehere, north of Obock, in the early hours of Friday. About 82 people survived. IOM described it as one of […]
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Key points At least 46,000 people displaced since renewed fighting began last week in southwest Yemen — the figure is “rising by the hour”, IOM says Houthi fighters have seized the strategic Red Sea port of Mokha, triggering mass departures At least 14 civilians, including two children, killed or wounded this month, per OCHA; WHO […]
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