With COVID-19 now present in every country worldwide, the world’s 79.5 million refugees and forcibly displaced people are among the most exposed and vulnerable. For people who fled wars and persecution, the impact on their mostly hand-to-mouth existence and on their hosts has been devastating.
While no major outbreaks in refugee and internally displaced camps and settlements have so far been reported, UNHCR is rapidly responding in 134 refugee-hosting countries that are reporting local transmission. Our teams around the world are preparing fast and bracing for the worst.
In order to do this, UNHCR has called for an extra $745 million as part of the UN’s revised $10.3bn appeal for COVID-19.
This will help UNHCR to further strengthen national health and sanitation systems, provide vital protection services and ramp up cash assistance for the most vulnerable.
Together with our partners, UNHCR is determined to stay the course and deliver for refugees, internally displaced, stateless people, and their hosts, and ensure their inclusion in public health responses and social safety nets.
Additional guidance documents are available in the left hand menu while country specific details on their operational pages.
For any inquiries, please contact the UNHCR Partnership Section, hqng00 @ unhcr.org.
In 2021, UNHCR will work to maintain the same levels of responsiveness, adaptability and flexibility in response to COVID-19, whilst strengthening resilience as staff and people of concern adjust to living and working with COVID-19 in the medium term. UNHCR published a supplementary appeal to respond to these needs. | |
18 Dec 2020 | |
In a recently published study, the World Bank and UNHCR estimate that 4.4 million people in host communities and 1.1 million refugees or internally displaced persons in Lebanon, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and three governorates in Jordan have been newly pushed into poverty by the pandemic. | |
17 Dec 2020 | |
In a joint press release, IOM and UNHCR chiefs stressed that COVID-19 underlines the urgent need for universal health coverage that includes migrants, refugees and internally displaced and stateless people. | |
11 Dec 2020 |
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COVID-19: Global COVID-19 Emergency Response Situation Report #22 |
Latest update on UNHCR’s response to the COVID-19 emergency | |
UNHCR Southern Africa COVID-19 Update | |
As of 30 November 2020 | |
UNHCR Asia and the Pacific COVID-19 Update | |
As of 09 December 2020 | |
UNHCR East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes COVID-19 Update | |
As of 30 November 2020 | |
UNHCR Europe Regional COVID-19 Update | |
As of 30 November 2020 | |
UNHCR MENA Regional COVID-19 Update | |
As of 14 December 2020 | |
UNHCR West & Central Africa COVID-19 Update | |
As of 14 December 2020 | |
UNHCR Americas COVID-19 Update | |
As of 18 December 2020 |
Date of Funding Data | 13 November 2020 (hace 2 meses) |
A) Global Compact on Refugees | |
Pledges and good practices related to health care, water, sanitation and hygiene | |
B) Global Focus - COVID-19 situation | |
UNHCR's Information Hub with updates for donors and supporters | |
C) IASC COVID-19 Outbreak Readiness and Response | |
IASC guidance and updates | |
D) Protection - CBP Community of Practice (Global) | |
Community of Practices for Community-based protection and engagement | |
E) Protection - CBP Tools West Africa | |
Communications with Communities tools and Practices | |
F) Education in COVID-19 | |
Resources and tools for learning | |
G) WASH | |
Guidance and resources on WASH activities | |
I) CCCM Cluster on COVID-19 | |
Cluster guidance for field operations | |
J) Shelter Cluster on COVID-19 | |
Cluster guidance for field operations | |
K) Global Information Management, Assessment & Analysis Cell on COVID-19 (GIMAC) | |
Humanitarian multi-stakeholder initiative by several UN organizations and international NGO partners |