Winter is coming: “Your help gives the people in Ukraine the strength to continue”
Karolina Lindholm Billing is UNHCR´s Representative in Ukraine. She started her assignment there 2,5 years ago – not knowing that the situation would escalate as it did last year.
Echos from the field
"A dangerous jigsaw of war that is slowly closing around us"
The number of forcibly displaced people worldwide continues to grow: At the end of September 2023, it reached already more than 114 million.
UNHCR
One poem and seven novels: Book tips on the topic of refugees
Discover our selection of 7 must-read books on the theme of refugees and exile.
UNHCR
Earthquake in Afghanistan: Hundreds of thousands of survivors urgently need help
Western Afghanistan has been shaken by several earthquakes. The survivors urgently need help.
UNHCR
Hope away from home: Demand the protection of refugees with a signature.
There are currently more than 110 million people on the run worldwide - a record. Solidarity is more in demand than ever. Nevertheless, they are increasingly discriminated against in many places. Together we can change this.
UNHCR
The forgotten war in Sudan: "I haven't heard from my family in five months"
Members of the Sudanese community in Switzerland have come together to raise awareness locally about the ongoing conflict, and to provide support. We have met them in Zurich.
In Switzerland
Armenia Emergency: Rising numbers of refugees require urgent action
After the decades-old situation in Karabakh flared up again last week, the number of people fleeing to Armenia is on the rise. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, expresses deep concern about this development and classifies the situation as an emergency.
Emergency
No more lost potential: More than 7 million refugee children need to go to school
Currently, more than 110 million have had to leave their homes because of conflict or persecution. Among them are 14.8 million refugees of school age - almost 5 million more than a year ago.
UNHCR
Catastrophic floods in Libya
North-East Libya was hit by Storm Daniel, resulting in the collapse of two dams in the coastal city of Derna.
Emergency