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  • UNHCR, the Commission for Refugees Affairs and ACROSS completed the relocation of 502 Sudanese refugees from Yei town to Lasu camp to offer better protection.
    highlight 10 Feb 2016 (8 years ago)
    South Sudan / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNHCR, the Government of South Sudan and civil society organizations participated in a workshop in Addis Ababa on the Domestication of the Kampala Convention.
    highlight 02 Dec 2015 (8 years ago)
    South Sudan / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNHCR, the Government of Uganda and partners are increasing operational capacity in order to provide the new arrivals in Uganda with life-saving assistance.
    highlight 11 Jan 2016 (8 years ago)
    Uganda / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency welcomes South Sudan’s ground-breaking accession to the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, also known as the Kampala Convention. The Kampala Convention is the first and only regional legally binding instrument for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons, which incorporates the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
    highlight 10 Jun 2019 (4 years ago)
    / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is pleased to announce the first ever Global Refugee Forum, which will take place on 17 and 18 December 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. The event, which is being held at Ministerial level, will be co-hosted with Switzerland and co-convened by Turkey, Germany, Ethiopia and Costa Rica.
    highlight 25 Jun 2019 (4 years ago)
    / Burundi - Refugees / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is seeing a surge in refugee arrivals from South Sudan in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Over the past few days thousands of desperate people have been crossing the border to escape fighting and violence against civilians.
    highlight 12 Feb 2019 (5 years ago)
    Democratic Republic of the Congo / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNHCR’s Regional Refugee Coordinator (RRC) and Special Advisor for the South Sudan situation carried out a brief to Ambassadors and Head of delegations in Nairobi on the needs of South Sudanese refugees on July 6, 2018 at the invitation of the Australian High Commissioner, H.E. Ms. Alison Chartres.
    highlight 06 Jul 2018 (5 years ago)
    South Sudan / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNHCR’s Regional Refugee Coordinator (RRC) for the Burundi situation carried out a brief to Ambassadors and Head of delegations in Nairobi on the needs of Burundian refugees on July 6, 2018 at the invitation of the Australian High Commissioner, H.E. Ms. Alison Chartres.
    highlight 10 Jul 2018 (5 years ago)
    / Burundi - Refugees
  • UNHCR’s Regional Refugee Coordinator (RRC) for the Burundi situation carried out a brief to Ambassadors and Head of delegations on the needs of Burundian refugees on the 4th May 2018 at the invitation of the US Ambassador, H.E. Robert F. Godec.
    highlight 20 May 2018 (5 years ago)
    / Burundi - Refugees
  • UNHCR’s Regional Refugee Coordinator (RRC) for the Burundi situation, Ms. Catherine Wiesner carried out a mission to Burundi, on 24-26 April, 2019. The mission aimed at taking stock of the current situation of Burundian refugee returns. The RRC spoke with returnees that arrived at the newly opened Kinazi Transit Center in Muyinga. During her visit, the RRC highlighted the need for more support to strengthen the reintegration programming to create sustainable conditions for the returnees and communities in areas of return.
    highlight 12 Jun 2019 (4 years ago)
    / Burundi - Refugees