Humanitarian
Mar 31, 2022
UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for immediate end to Ukraine war, which has uprooted over 10 million people
Lviv, Ukraine – Visiting Ukraine for the first time since the Russian military offensive, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appealed today in the strongest terms for an end to the war, while calling on the international community to provide sustained support to the millions of civilians impacted by the fighting.
Mar 30, 2022
Ukraine situation: Flash Update #6
As of March 26, the number of civilian casualties recorded by OHCHR had reached 2,909, including 1,119 persons killed and 1,709 injured. The number of those killed includes at least 99 children. Hundreds of thousands more people remain trapped in areas which are heavily impacted by fighting and shelling.
Mar 25, 2022
A month since the start of the war, almost a quarter of Ukraine’s population are displaced
This is a summary of what was said by Karolina Lindholm Billing, UNHCR’s Representative to Ukraine – to whom quoted text may be attributed – speaking from Lviv to today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Mar 22, 2022
IOM, UNHCR welcome the first flights of refugees out of Moldova to EU Member States
Brussels, 22 March 2022 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcome the pledges by European Union (EU) Member States and other European States to transfer refugees from Moldova to their territory under the auspices of the EU Solidarity Platform.
Mar 21, 2022
Blanket delivery offers some warmth for refugees waiting to cross Ukraine border
With temperatures recently plummeting on the Poland-Ukraine border, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, dispatched a consignment of thermal blankets onto the Ukraine side to offer a little more warmth to those waiting long hours in line to reach safety.
