Shelter: by end of May a total of 3,250 Shelters were upgraded and repaired in Azraq and Zaatari camps.

The Government of Bangladesh and UNHCR launched a joint verification exercise for Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar. The exercise will help consolidate a unified database for the purposes of protection, identity management, documentation, provision of assistance, population statistics, and ultimately solutions for an estimated 900,000 refugees who have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh. It is expected to take up to six months to complete.

More than 340,000 Venezuelans have entered Ecuador since the beginning of 2018 (compared to 287,000 arrivals registered for the whole of 2017).

In Brazil, 527 Venezuelan nationals have been relocated from border regions to Brazilian cities in the country (Cuiabá, Manaus and São Paulo) to ease pressure on border communities and support Venezuelans to begin new lives.

The mass registration of Venezuelans irregularly present in Colombia, supported by UNHCR and IOM, has concluded with 442,462 individuals registered. Key results include the fact that 98.8% lack access to healthcare and only 48.7% of children are enrolled in schools.

Peru is now the largest refugee hosting country in Latin America, with 126,997 asylum applications since 2014.

Over 117,000 asylum claims from Venezuelans have already been filed in 2018, surpassing the total number of claims made in all of 2017.

Afghanistan Protection Cluster has released its national Factheet for May! Check it out here: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/64119

On 20 June, in celebration of World Refugee Day, UNHCR met the Tunisian President, Beji Caid Essebsi, to discuss the situation of refugees in Tunisia.

World Refugee Day was marked by Ankara office with a concert with refugee and Turkish music bands in Istanbul with the participation of refugees and host community.