The agency is asking for the funds an “essential stop gap” to ensure the country’s future after a period of turmoil marked by the Taliban’s seizure of power and a hasty U.S. exit.
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Grandi Thursday reiterated UNHCR’s call for all parties to the conflict to “respect the rights of all civilians, including refugees”.
Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world’s refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war and persecution, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Libya has become a preferred departure point for illegal immigrants hoping to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe because of insecurity and chaos in the North African country following the 2011 uprising that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The UNHCR issued a similar warning in May when about 12,000 refugees returned to the border town of Banki in Borno State
The International Organisation for Migration in Libya said seven people were rescued off the north-western city of Zawiya, and one of them said 113 others were missing
The UNHCR in its reaction to the new travel ban by US President, Donald Trump, said the decision would worsen the woes of refugees around the world
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees co-presented with the Federal Government, led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, a paper in Oslo on Friday outlining a vision for ensuring protection, access and lasting solutions for them, a UN statement said on Friday
The UN also called for greater measures to protect civilians in the areas of military operations against the destructive Boko Haram insurgents, according to a statement issued by the Office of the UN Secretary-General