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Q&A: Access to health services is key to halting coronavirus (COVID-19) and saving refugee lives

UNHCR’s leading public health expert says prevention and inclusion must be at the heart of the response for displaced people, especially in areas with weak health services.

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Former refugee, small business owner, steps up for community in time of need

Mustafa has taken to social media to rally his community to help vulnerable neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). With some help, Mustafa is organizing grocery deliveries for local fam…

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UNHCR seeks US$255 million to respond to coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19)

Funding is part of wider UN appeal for US$2 billion to safeguard ‘millions of people who are least able to protect themselves’ from the new coronavirus.

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COVID-19 update: Facts about the novel coronavirus and how it impacts refugees

Approximately 84 percent of the refugee population are hosted in low to middle-income countries with weak health, water and sanitation systems, where the coronavirus (COVID-19) could easily and rapidl…

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Statement by Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, on the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis

All states must manage their borders in the context of this unique crisis as they see fit. But these measures should not result in closure of avenues to asylum, or of forcing people to return to situa…

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IOM, UNHCR announce temporary suspension of resettlement travel for refugees

As countries drastically reduce entry into their territories owing to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis, travel arrangements for resettling refugees are currently subject to severe disru…