USD $221.7 million across 19 key partners is now required to address the increased needs of an estimated 477,000 refugees in Sudan by the end of 2017.

L’éradication de l’apatridie en Afrique de l’ouest préoccupe la CEDEAO et le HCR http://www.ecowas.int/leradication-de-lapatridie-en-afrique-de-louest-preoccupe-la-cedeao-et-le-hcr/?lang=fr

A 3-day training on child protection was held in Istanbul, with active participation of some 30 frontline actors from partner organizations in Istanbul.

Since the beginning of 2017, one person out of 35 has died on the sea journey from Libya to Italy.

In 2016, NGOs rescued more than 46,000 people in the central Mediterranean, representing over 26 per cent of all rescue operations. This trend continues, reaching 33 per cent since the beginning of the year.

The increasing numbers of passengers on board vessels used by traffickers are the main cause of shipwrecks in the Central Mediterranean, and risks are increased by the worsening quality of vessels and the increasing use of rubber boats instead of wooden ones.

With the participation of refugee youth, Hacettepe University and UNHCR organized a Digital Storytelling Workshop.

Over 108,000 South Sudanese refugees have fled to Sudan in 2017 so far, for a total of over 375,000 refugees hosted in Sudan since December 2013.

The Burundi Situation needs urgent funding, as the total amount of contributions amounts to 1% of the overall needs. There are significant needs in refugee settlements, as the overall refugee population has grown to over 400,000, with new arrivals coming on a daily basis.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is forced to implement food cuts in the region, affecting Burundian refugees in Tanzania and Rwanda. In Rwanda food assistance is secured only until the end of April. A possible drastic cut in food rations is foreseen in the month of May (51%) and onwards, if no further contributions are received from donors.