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Statement by UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi on the impact of global aid cuts on refugees (UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Public Technologies 20 Mar 2025
Statement by UNHCR's Filippo Grandi on the impact of global aid cuts on refugees ... © UNHCR ... UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has sought innovative and efficient ways to deliver its mission, making the most of every donation for those fleeing danger ... UNHCR.
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Our View: UNHCR unconcerned about impact of migration on societies

CyprusMail 20 Mar 2025
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) issued an announcement alleging that the Cypriot authorities had pushed back three boats carrying some 80 Syrian nationals, including women and children, who had reached Cyprus from Syria.
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Justice minister, UNHCR spar over migrant pushback claims

CyprusMail 20 Mar 2025
Both Hartsiotis and Strovolidou appeared on CyBC radio on Thursday morning, with Strovolidou speaking first, saying the UNHCR had been informed that migrants on three boats had been pushed back into Syrian territorial waters last week.
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Millions of lives at risk from ‘brutal’ funding cuts, UN refugee chief says

CyprusMail 20 Mar 2025
UNHCR helps millions of people around the world fleeing conflict and persecution ... UNHCR received over $2 billion in donations from the United States in 2024, or 40 per cent of its total donations.
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UNHCR expresses concern over alleged pushback of Syrian refugees

CyprusMail 19 Mar 2025
UNHCR Cyprus has raised concerns over a reported “pushback incident on March 14 involving three boats carrying approximately 80 Syrian nationals, including women and children, who had departed from Syria and reached Cyprus.”.
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UNHCR concerned about reported pushbacks after Cyprus migrant boat disaster

Philenews 19 Mar 2025
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cyprus has expressed concern about a pushback incident involving Syrian nationals seeking to reach the island ... the UNHCR statement noted.
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▶ UN Report Smears Israel While Ignoring Hamas—Who’s Behind It

Honest Reporting 19 Mar 2025
Imagine associating October 7th—not with Hamas’ brutal massacre—but with Israel’s so-called “systematic violence” against Palestinians. That’s exactly what a new UN report is alleging ... ....
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As displaced Syrians return home, others wait and hope for more aid (UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Public Technologies 18 Mar 2025
) UNHCR and its partners are helping returnees inside Syria with transportation, legal assistance to secure identity papers and property documents, and carrying out repairs to homes.
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Slovenia sets positive example in defending rights by acceding to Statelessness Convention (UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Public Technologies 17 Mar 2025
GENEVA - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commended Slovenia's commitment to eradicating the devastating plight of statelessness by acceding to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
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High Commissioner’s statement at the Brussels Syria Conference (UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Public Technologies 17 Mar 2025
In the operational framework on returns that UNHCR issued in February - now subsumed in a broader UN plan of action - we estimated that up to 3.5 million Syrians, both internally displaced and refugees, could return in the coming months.
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UNHCR says violence in South Sudan forces over 10,000 fleeing to Ethiopia

China.dot.org 13 Mar 2025
JUBA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said violence in South Sudan's northern counties of Nasir and Ulang has escalated rapidly, forcing more than 10,000 people to flee to neighboring Ethiopia.
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South Sudan: Digital Learning Opportunities Brighten Futures for Refugees in South Sudan

All Africa 12 Mar 2025
Through the Instant Network Schools programme, refugees in South Sudan are gaining access to education and reclaiming their futures, proof that people forced to flee can still thrive with the right support ....
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