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  • UNHCR is active around the world to provide mental health and psychosocial support during COVID-19. In Bangladesh, UNHCR has trained 43 national psychologists by using inter-agency guidance. The psychologists subsequently trained over 500 community psychosocial volunteers, para counsellors and community health workers in the promotion of healthy coping and maintaining psychosocial wellbeing.
    highlight 12 Jun 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers
  • UNHCR operations worldwide report that refugees and other populations of concern are finding it harder to make ends meet. In Iraq, 89 per cent of the 1,500 respondents to a monitoring survey reported loss of employment or livelihoods due to COVID-19 crisis; similarly, in South Africa, 95 per cent of calls requesting UNHCR support are from families who were previously self-sufficient.
    highlight 09 Jun 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers
  • Since the end of April, UNHCR has delivered 1.8 million masks, 800,000 gloves, as well as personal protective equipment kits, hand sanitizers, gowns, goggles and thermometers to 12 UNHCR operations. Additional equipment was purchased locally.
    highlight 08 Jun 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers
  • With Latin America emerging as a new epicenter, Venezuelan refugees and migrants are in need of additional support. On 26 May, the International Donors Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants raised some USD 2.79 billion for host states and organisations helping the Venezuelans.
    highlight 02 Jun 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers
  • The number of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh has more than doubled over the past two weeks to over 35,000. There are now 25 confirmed cases among refugees in Kutupalong camp. To respond, UNHCR opened two isolation and treatment facilities last week with a total of 200 beds. The total capacity provided by humanitarian actors will reach 1,100 beds by mid-June.
    highlight 02 Jun 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers
  • The number of reported COVID-19 cases has risen to over 5.4 million worldwide, with over 340,000 deaths. The spread of COVID-19 is increasing rapidly in Africa, with the majority of countries experiencing community transmission.
    highlight 26 May 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers
  • UNHCR and WHO signed a new agreement to strengthen and advance public health services for the millions of forcibly displaced people around the world.
    highlight 20 May 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers
  • UNHCR is warning that many displaced indigenous communities in Latin America are now dangerously exposed and at risk of COVID-19.
    highlight 19 May 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers
  • UNHCR and partner organizations have further intensified their COVID-19 response in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, following the first confirmed case of coronavirus among the refugee population.
    highlight 15 May 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers
  • Echoing the UN-wide call for action on 13 May, UNHCR continues to appeal for urgent support to ensure the availability and continuation of mental health and psychosocial services for refugees and those displaced. These services must be considered “essential” services and form part of national responses to COVID-19. [Source: UNHCR Global COVID-19 Situation Report]
    highlight 13 May 2020 (3 years ago)
    / COVID - Refugees and asylum-seekers