This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 23 September 2014, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More than 138,000 refugees, mainly Kurds, fleeing ISIS threats to towns and villages in the northern...

As a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, a total of 1, 934, 765 displaced persons are currently living in formal camps, host communities and satellite camps in liberated communities, says the Yola Camp Coordinator, Saad Bello. The states most affected by Boko Haram displacement are said to be – ...

Suicide bombers have attacked a fish market and refugee camp in the town of Baga Sola in western Chad, killing more than 30 people, officials say. More than 50 people are being treated at the hospital in the town, which is on the shores of Lake Chad. The camp on the town's outskirts is home to ten...

Chad has declared a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region after attacks by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria. The decision came after at least two people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomb attack. Ministers say sweeping powers to control people's movements are needed becau...

Zinder - Aboubacar, usually a worker for a non-governmental organisation, has now taken on another, more ominous role: watching out for suicide bombers. "We watch everyone," he said in Niger's second-largest city of Zinder. "Last Thursday, a man in a turban whom we had never seen before came to t...

An exceptional event in Mbera camp: the birth of quadruplets. The refugee community and humanitarian organisations mobilized in support of the family.

The Security Council decided to visit the Lake Chad region because there was a flagrant gap between the many challenges that had accumulated in that region and the international community’s response, which was both piecemeal and insufficient. I believe this important mission offers three main les...

The Thai tripartite committee, which includes employers, workers and government representatives in Thailand decided on January 17 to add from 5 to 22 baht to the minimum wage, according to the Migrant Workers Rights Network (MWRN) Thursday. “The increase rates are different from the previous time...

In Quetta, Pakistan, Nida and her fellow trainees are gaining vocational skills, equipping them to take advantage of new livelihoods opportunities.

After an arduous journey to safety, two-month-old Andrii is among the youngest of more than 2 million refugees from Ukraine, but his aunt already looks forward to the day he can return.