0 3 , 00 0 .0 25 , 00 0 . Every year, UNHCR publishes the Global Trends report on forced displacement. It highlights the year’s achievements, as well as challenges faced by the organization and its partners, in attempting to respond to multiple life-threatening crises and ever-growing displacement and humanitarian needs. *The figure of people of concern to UNHCR includes people who have been forcibly displaced (refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people); those who have found a durable solution (returnees) within the previous year; stateless persons; and other groups of concern to whom UNHCR has extended its protection or provided assistance on a humanitarian basis. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect refugees and host communities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is ensuring that another 20,000 refugees can access the country’s national health insurance scheme, taking the numbers assisted with health insurance to 120,000. On World Health Day, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for concerted international action and solidarity to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccinations, including for refugees … In 2019, 63,726 refugees referred by UNHCR were resettled to 29 countries, a modest increase from 2018 which surpassed the target of 60,000 set out in the 'UNHCRs Three-Year Strategy'. In September 2016, UNHCR in coordination with the Tabah Foundation launched its Zakat initiative aiming to raise much needed funds for the most vulnerable refugees in the region. Still, this represents less than 5% of the 1.4 million refugees estimated to be in need of resettlement. UNHCR Nigeria organized series of events from 17 June, leading to the official commemoration of the World Refugee Day (WRD) on 20 June 2019. Here participants were concerned with insufficient assistance, and the inability of refugees to meet their basic nutrition needs because of a lack of work. Venezuela . 0 4 0, 00. A Sudanese asylum-seeker at UNHCR’s humanitarian centre near Agadez, Niger. The gains in educational enrolment revealed in this year’s UNHCR report on refugees and education, small as they are in percentage terms, still represent life-changing opportunities for tens of thousands of refugee children, adolescents and youth. UNHCR Bangladesh Post-Distribution Monitoring Report - November 2019 Published: 9 ... (Bangla): Tahsan Khan appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Bangladesh Published: 2 January 2021 (3 months ago) Uploaded: 2 January 2021 (3 months ago) Share this document: UNHCR Bangladesh Post-Distribution Monitoring Report - July 2020 document Download … Somali high school students share a joke during computer lessons at Ifo Secondary School in Dadaab, Kenya’s largest and oldest refugee camp. In 2019, the number of uprooted people in sub-Saharan Africa reached record levels with 33.4 million people of concern to UNHCR—39% of the global total— including 6.3 million refugees—57% children—and 18.5 million IDPs. Oxfam; Posted 19 Jun 2019 Originally published 19 Jun 2019. All collected Zakat funds were dedicated to UNHCR’s cash assistance programme in Jordan and Lebanon. The Global Report presents the work carried out by UNHCR in 2019 to protect and improve the lives of tens of millions of people of concern—refugees, returnees, internally displaced people, stateless persons, and others of concern. These funds benefited thousands of Syrian and Iraqi refugee families living in […] The Global Report presents the work carried out by UNHCR in 2019 to protect and improve the lives of tens of millions of people of concern—refugees, returnees, internally displaced people, stateless persons, and others of concern. This included $659.5 million in unearmarked funding, the most valuable funding to UNHCR as it is contributed without restrictions on its use. A comparative report presenting the consolidated results for all three populations (ref-ugees in Kalobeyei settlement, Kakuma camp, and urban areas) will be jointly prepared and released by the World Bank and UNHCR. The Global Report is published every June and offers a comprehensive view of UNHCR's challenges and achievements worldwide, Our fight against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, Environment, Disasters and Climate Change. This is the highest level that UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has seen in its almost 70 years. English Situation Report on South Sudan about Food and Nutrition, Health, Refugees, Flood and more; published on 01 Nov 2019 by UNHCR Over the year, with the support of and in cooperation with host countries, committed donors, and other partners, UNHCR worked to safeguard fundamental rights, provide lifesaving support and build better futures for millions of refugees, returnees, internally displaced people and stateless persons. Learn more about how UNHCR’s work in 2019 impacted the lives of millions asylum-seekers, refugees, returnees, internally displaced and stateless persons by reading UNHCR’s Global Report 2019 or visiting the Global Focus website. The Global Report presents the work carried out by UNHCR in 2019 to protect and improve the lives of tens of millions of people of concern—refugees, returnees, internally displaced people, stateless persons, and others of concern. Some refugee groups are protected and assisted by the Government directly, while UNHCR supports the Government to protect and assist others. More than 70 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence or persecution, the United Nations has said, as the global migrant crisis pushed the number of refugees … UNHCR also prioritized its efforts to address climate and environmental issues in areas hosting refugees and IDPs, including through increased access to sustainable and clean energy, and by mitigating UNHCR’s own environmental footprint. Once stateless, children from the coastal community of Burundians living in Kenya are now able to enjoy their full rights as Kenyan citizens.© UNHCR/Tobin Jones, A Somali woman carries her baby from a plane after being evacuated to safety from Tripoli, Libya, to Rome, Italy. 2019 saw the completion of a first phase of reforms to strengthen the organization and its capacity to operate in a new decade, including: strengthening the field through decentralization and regionalization; strengthening risk management and operational integrity, including to address sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment; and strengthening partnerships. Total contributions came to $4.127 billion, a record level. The number of people of concern to the Office rose from 36.4 million people in 2009 to over 86.5 million people at the end of 2019. Refugees Operational Data Portal by UNHCR is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International License. Assessment. Islamic Philanthropy 2020 Annual Report April 17, 2020 UNHCR's second Islamic Philanthropy Annual Report on the impact of the Refugee Zakat Fund in 2019, supporting over 1 million beneficiaries among displaced populations. 6,800 UNHCR Zakat Program: 2019 Launch Report. This is why the number of people of concern to UNHCR is different from the figure in the Global Trends report of 79.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide – a figure that includes refugees and other displaced people not covered by UNHCR’s mandate and excludes other categories such as returnees and non-displaced stateless people. Oxfam reaction to UNHCR refugee report, 19 June 2019 Format News and Press Release Source. Both figures, however, are significant underestimates due to the limited number of countries reporting data. Full-time statisticians in UNHCR's Field Information and Coordination Section track the number of people forced to flee so that when a major displacement crisis erupts Data was collected between 28 March and 8 April 2019. UNHCR rushing staff, supplies to assist people affected by Cyclone Idai UNHCR, 22 Mar 2019 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with governments and humanitarian partners in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi to provide relief to the survivors of the Tropical Cyclone Idai, which struck the east coast of southern Africa on 14 and 15 March. 3W | Central Africa Refugee Crisis - UNHCR partners - December 2020 Published: 20 January 2021 (2 months ago) ... Cameroon: DTM Report Round 18 (April 2019) document Download View details 641.39 KB Download Count: 382 This dashboard presents information on the displacement situation in the Far North Region of Cameroon. © UNHCR/Vania Turner. © UNHCR/Antwan Chnkdji, Rohingya children participate in “Essence of Learning” activities in one of Caritas’s child-friendly spaces in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. 8 UNHCR - REFUGEE ZAKAT FUND: 2019 MID-YEAR REPORT UNHCR - REFUGEE ZAKAT FUND: 2019 MID-YEAR REPORT 9 $38.1 million in funds raised Institutional and large donations $35.5 million Digital donations $2.6 million Source: UNHCR's Refugee Zakat Fund internal data Zakat fundraising by source Zakat fundraising by year 2016 20.0 2017 2018 2019 35 , 00. The 2019 World Refugee Day celebration provided UNHCR, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced (NCFRMI), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Refugees, IDPs and other partners the opportunity to amplify and engage the public across operations in Regularly updated, it complements and augments information in the Global Report with greater detail on UNHCR operations, data on key operational themes and objectives, and in-depth information on UNHCR’s budgets, funding and expenditure. Just under 80 million people were forcibly displaced globally in 2019 due to “persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, or events seriously disturbing public order,” according to a new Global Trends report from UNHCR, the United Nations’ (UN) Refugee Agency. In 2019, UASC lodged around 25,000 new asylum applications. In addition, 153,300 unaccompanied and separated children were reported among the refugee population at the end of 2019. 2019 year-end results: 54,900: people were assisted through PoR card modification centres: 52,200: primary school children had access to primary schools in refugee villages with the support of UNHCR: 32,100 : people received legal assistance through UNHCR’s advice and legal aid (ALAC) centers: 6,200 2019 year-end results: 81,600 : people of concern received legal advice or assistance, with 4,200 interventions by UNHCR related to detention: 32,500 : households received monthly cash grants: 28,500 : refugees were referred to secondary and tertiary health care, including obstetric emergencies. With 43.5 million people internally displaced as a result of violence, armed conflict and human rights violations in 2019, UNHCR issued a new IDP policy to enhance its work alongside partners and affected States, supported by important changes to internal systems, processes and tools to ensure more predictability and effectiveness. © UNHCR/John Wendle. Arabic Situation Report on Libya and 5 other countries about Health, Protection and Human Rights, IDPs, Refugees and more; published on 11 Oct 2019 by UNHCR The Global Focus website is UNHCR’s main operational reporting platform for donors. As 2019 drew to a close, we reached the end of a decade in which forced displacement increased exponentially. Between November 2015 and April 2019, 63,938 Syrian refugees were admitted to Canada, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.