UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened by reports of a new shipwreck in the Bay of Bengal this morning in which at least four Rohingya refugees died when their boat capsized close to the southern Bangladesh shore. Others who were injured have been taken to local hospitals for immediate treatment.

No new acute watery diarrhea (AWD) cases among refugees in White Nile, South Kordofan or East Darfur states.

Development of new refugee camp in White Nile is underway. Aljame’ya refugee camp will house 5,000 households and is planned for completion by mid-January.

In October, the Basic Needs Working Group provided around 5,904,184 US$ worth of regular cash and non-food item (NFIs) to vulnerable beneficiaries from the refugee and host Community.

In Oct, WFP resumed its support to the national school meals programme reaching over 300,000 schoolchildren via date bars and around 25,000 via healthy meals in communities. In addition, WFP reached around 30,000 Syrian school children attending formal education in Za’atri and Azraq camps via date bar and healthy meal distribution

UNHCR in coordination with NCFA developed a manual on Quality Assistance Standards for Family Violence service providers In Jordan

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has relocated some 1,700 new refugees to a government-allocated site in south-eastern Bangladesh, decongesting existing facilities in Kutupalong and giving them a home after weeks on the move.

CAR: Addressing National Assembly, the Secretary-General pays tribute to the resilience, courage of people of the Central African Republic

UNHCR continues its support to the displaced families by the conflict in the disputed areas to Duhok Governorate.

A one-day consultation workshop on ‘Adolescent and Youth Programming in a Humanitarian Context’ within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) took place today in Cairo on 18 October. The workshop, organized jointly by UNHCR and UNICEF provided an opportunity to improve the knowledge and understanding of the extent to which the current 3RP responses serve youth and adolescents in key sectors and build the capacity of partners.