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  • ‘Somos inclusión’, la campaña que promueve la convivencia pacífica con personas en movilidad humana en diversos municipios de Ecuador

    news UNHCR Ecuador, 06 Sep 2022 (1 year ago )
    ECUADOR – ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, y AME, la Asociación de Municipalidades Ecuatorianas, lanzaron hoy ‘Somos Inclusión’, una campaña que busca crear territorios para crecer, lugares para compartir. Esta iniciativa busca prevenir la xenofobia y promocionar los derechos de las ...
  • ‘Situation of Venezuelan refugees and migrants needs greater global attention’

    news UNHCR News, 29 Aug 2019 (4 years ago )
    Statement by Eduardo Stein, Joint UNHCR-IOM Special Representative for Venezuelan refugees and migrants
  • Young people dance to promote inclusion in Panama

    news UNHCR News, 16 Nov 2018 (5 years ago )
    The dance project led by the community and supported by the Youth Initiatives Fund of UNHCR promotes social and cultural integration in Panama, while young refugees migrants, and locals dance to blur the lines of exclusion. Balance and discipline are disseminated in the dance studio of "Enlaces" ...
  • Worldwide displacement tops 70 million, UN Refugee Chief urges greater solidarity in response

    news UNHCR News, 19 Jun 2019 (4 years ago )
    The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018. This is the highest level that UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has seen in its almost 70 years. The figure of 70.8 million is conservative, in particular as the crisis in Venezuela is still only partly reflected...
  • With innovative housing units, a new temporary shelter for Venezuelans opens in Boa Vista

    news UNHCR Web Story, 23 Jul 2018 (5 years ago )
    The tenth temporary shelter site in the state of Roraima opened to welcome 569 Venezuelans still living in the streets of Boa Vista. The new site is composed of 120 Refugee Housing Units, used for the first time in Latin America.
  • Vulnerable Venezuelans find help in Colombia

    news UNHCR Web Story, 05 Oct 2018 (5 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is supporting partners and local governments across Colombia and throughout the region to address the growing needs of Venezuelans on the move. Projects range from outfitting food kitchens and temporary shelters to bolstering the resources of hospitals and supporting ch...
  • Venezuelans risk life and limb to seek help in Colombia

    news UNHCR News, 05 Apr 2019 (4 years ago )
    With the international border bridge that connects Colombia with Venezuela currently shut, Venezuelans seeking urgent help are being forced to cross into Colombia through the torrential waters of a border river in full spate. At a communal kitchen supported by UNCHR and run by the local Catholic Chu...
  • Venezuelans on the run find respite in Ecuador hostel

    news UNHCR News, 06 May 2019 (4 years ago )
    Carmen, 48, has spent most of her life selling fruit, but a dozen years ago she opened a hostel as another small source of income. At first, it was a convenient stop for tourists. Since the beginning of 2018, however, most of the guests are not travelling for fun, nor do they pay for their stay – th...
  • Venezuelans living on the streets find security in a new reception center in Colombia

    news UNHCR News, 15 Apr 2019 (4 years ago )
    Thousands of families from Venezuela who arrive in Maicao, Colombia do so with very little means to survive, if they have any means at all. Many of them have lived in streets, parking lots, public spaces or makeshift tents for several months, since shelter capacity in the city is very limited. Wi...
  • Venezuelans living in the streets find safety at new reception centre in Colombia

    news UNHCR News, 15 Apr 2019 (4 years ago )
    With a population of around 100,000, Maicao currently hosts 30,000 refugees and migrants. An assessment conducted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in February revealed that half of the 3,500 Venezuelans interviewed were living in the streets or in informal settlements in and around the city. Refu...