1 million refugees have now fled Ukraine.
Before a single Ukrainian refugee crossed the border, there were already more than 82 million people forced from their homes globally – the highest number on record.
They include over 6 million Syrians – the world’s largest population of refugees – who’ve been displaced for over a decade already.
And over 1 million Rohingyas from Myanmar – who as well as being forcibly displaced, are also stateless.
And nearly 48 million people who have been forced from their homes by conflict and violence, who are living internally displaced within their own countries – in Yemen, in Somalia, in Afghanistan, in Ethiopia, and in so many other places.
All refugees and displaced people deserve equal treatment and rights.
@refugees
#RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine #Syria #Venezuela #Afghanistan #SouthSudan #Rohingya #UNHCR
Photo credits
1: Nikolay Doychinov / AFP @gettyimages
2: Vincent Tremeau / UNHCR
3: Pauline Omagwa / UNHCR
4: Patrick Brown / UNHCR
5: Houssam Hariri / UNHCR
6: Andrew McConnell / UNHCR
1 million refugees have now fled Ukraine.
Before a single Ukrainian refugee crossed the border, there were already more than 82 million people forced from their homes globally – the highest number on record.
They include over 6 million Syrians – the world’s largest population of refugees – who’ve been displaced for over a decade already.
And over 1 million Rohingyas from Myanmar – who as well as being forcibly displaced, are also stateless.
And nearly 48 million people who have been forced from their homes by conflict and violence, who are living internally displaced within their own countries – in Yemen, in Somalia, in Afghanistan, in Ethiopia, and in so many other places.
All refugees and displaced people deserve equal treatment and rights.
@refugees
#RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine #Syria #Venezuela #Afghanistan #SouthSudan #Rohingya #UNHCR
Photo credits
1: Nikolay Doychinov / AFP @gettyimages
2: Vincent Tremeau / UNHCR
3: Pauline Omagwa / UNHCR
4: Patrick Brown / UNHCR
5: Houssam Hariri / UNHCR
6: Andrew McConnell / UNHCR
1 million refugees have now fled Ukraine.
Before a single Ukrainian refugee crossed the border, there were already more than 82 million people forced from their homes globally – the highest number on record.
They include over 6 million Syrians – the world’s largest population of refugees – who’ve been displaced for over a decade already.
And over 1 million Rohingyas from Myanmar – who as well as being forcibly displaced, are also stateless.
And nearly 48 million people who have been forced from their homes by conflict and violence, who are living internally displaced within their own countries – in Yemen, in Somalia, in Afghanistan, in Ethiopia, and in so many other places.
All refugees and displaced people deserve equal treatment and rights.
@refugees
#RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine #Syria #Venezuela #Afghanistan #SouthSudan #Rohingya #UNHCR
Photo credits
1: Nikolay Doychinov / AFP @gettyimages
2: Vincent Tremeau / UNHCR
3: Pauline Omagwa / UNHCR
4: Patrick Brown / UNHCR
5: Houssam Hariri / UNHCR
6: Andrew McConnell / UNHCR
1 million refugees have now fled Ukraine.
Before a single Ukrainian refugee crossed the border, there were already more than 82 million people forced from their homes globally – the highest number on record.
They include over 6 million Syrians – the world’s largest population of refugees – who’ve been displaced for over a decade already.
And over 1 million Rohingyas from Myanmar – who as well as being forcibly displaced, are also stateless.
And nearly 48 million people who have been forced from their homes by conflict and violence, who are living internally displaced within their own countries – in Yemen, in Somalia, in Afghanistan, in Ethiopia, and in so many other places.
All refugees and displaced people deserve equal treatment and rights.
@refugees
#RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine #Syria #Venezuela #Afghanistan #SouthSudan #Rohingya #UNHCR
Photo credits
1: Nikolay Doychinov / AFP @gettyimages
2: Vincent Tremeau / UNHCR
3: Pauline Omagwa / UNHCR
4: Patrick Brown / UNHCR
5: Houssam Hariri / UNHCR
6: Andrew McConnell / UNHCR
1 million refugees have now fled Ukraine.
Before a single Ukrainian refugee crossed the border, there were already more than 82 million people forced from their homes globally – the highest number on record.
They include over 6 million Syrians – the world’s largest population of refugees – who’ve been displaced for over a decade already.
And over 1 million Rohingyas from Myanmar – who as well as being forcibly displaced, are also stateless.
And nearly 48 million people who have been forced from their homes by conflict and violence, who are living internally displaced within their own countries – in Yemen, in Somalia, in Afghanistan, in Ethiopia, and in so many other places.
All refugees and displaced people deserve equal treatment and rights.
@refugees
#RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine #Syria #Venezuela #Afghanistan #SouthSudan #Rohingya #UNHCR
Photo credits
1: Nikolay Doychinov / AFP @gettyimages
2: Vincent Tremeau / UNHCR
3: Pauline Omagwa / UNHCR
4: Patrick Brown / UNHCR
5: Houssam Hariri / UNHCR
6: Andrew McConnell / UNHCR
1 million refugees have now fled Ukraine.
Before a single Ukrainian refugee crossed the border, there were already more than 82 million people forced from their homes globally – the highest number on record.
They include over 6 million Syrians – the world’s largest population of refugees – who’ve been displaced for over a decade already.
And over 1 million Rohingyas from Myanmar – who as well as being forcibly displaced, are also stateless.
And nearly 48 million people who have been forced from their homes by conflict and violence, who are living internally displaced within their own countries – in Yemen, in Somalia, in Afghanistan, in Ethiopia, and in so many other places.
All refugees and displaced people deserve equal treatment and rights.
@refugees
#RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine #Syria #Venezuela #Afghanistan #SouthSudan #Rohingya #UNHCR
Photo credits
1: Nikolay Doychinov / AFP @gettyimages
2: Vincent Tremeau / UNHCR
3: Pauline Omagwa / UNHCR
4: Patrick Brown / UNHCR
5: Houssam Hariri / UNHCR
6: Andrew McConnell / UNHCR
More than half a million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries in the past several days. UNHCR estimates it may be up to 4 million if the situation escalates further. It is critical that receiving countries continue to welcome all those fleeing conflict and insecurity.
@refugees
#ukraine #refugees #displacement
Photo credits @gettyimages
1: Abdulhamid Hosbas / Anadolu Agcy
2: Peter Lazar / AFP
3: Attila Kisbenedek / AFP
4: SerhiiHudak / Ukrinform / Future Pub.
5: SerhiiHudak / Ukrinform / Future Pub.
6: Akos Stiller / Bloomberg
More than half a million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries in the past several days. UNHCR estimates it may be up to 4 million if the situation escalates further. It is critical that receiving countries continue to welcome all those fleeing conflict and insecurity.
@refugees
#ukraine #refugees #displacement
Photo credits @gettyimages
1: Abdulhamid Hosbas / Anadolu Agcy
2: Peter Lazar / AFP
3: Attila Kisbenedek / AFP
4: SerhiiHudak / Ukrinform / Future Pub.
5: SerhiiHudak / Ukrinform / Future Pub.
6: Akos Stiller / Bloomberg
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I am in Sana’a today, meeting more Yemeni families who have been displaced and injured in the conflict. More than 4 million Yemenis have been forced from their homes by violence, and live internally displaced inside the country. Over half of them are children. And there are at least 50 active frontlines across the country, meaning that civilians are still being killed and injured every day.
Some of these images are from a site for internally displaced people in northern Sana’a. The site currently hosts some 130 Yemeni families. Only 20 of these families receive food rations and even for these most vulnerable families, the rations are limited. All teachers work with no salary, walking 3 hours daily to get to school and back home again. The children often come to school having not eaten any food at all.
While here in Yemen, I also visited Lahj governate in the South of the country, where 35 displaced families are based. The makeshift camp lacks all basic services, with the closest source of water being 15 km away. There are no toilets or shower facilities and most of the children living here don’t go to school.
We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity. I hope this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen.
As #UNHCR @refugees we are calling for:
– All parties to the conflict to respect and commit to international humanitarian law
– Safe passage for civilians trying to flee conflict areas
– Humanitarian access to all people in need, for humanitarian workers
– A peace agreement to end the conflict
– Urgent support for the @unitednations appeal for #Yemen, which is only 9% funded
I’ve landed in Aden, to meet displaced families and refugees for UNHCR @refugees and show my support for the people of Yemen. I will do my best to communicate from the ground as the days unfold.
As we continue to watch the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, and call for an immediate end to the conflict and humanitarian access, I’m here in Yemen to support people who also desperately need peace.
The situation here is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with one civilian killed or injured every hour in 2022. An economy devastated by war, and over 20 million Yeminis depending on humanitarian assistance to survive.
#Yemen #UNHCR #refugees
I’ve landed in Aden, to meet displaced families and refugees for UNHCR @refugees and show my support for the people of Yemen. I will do my best to communicate from the ground as the days unfold.
As we continue to watch the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, and call for an immediate end to the conflict and humanitarian access, I’m here in Yemen to support people who also desperately need peace.
The situation here is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with one civilian killed or injured every hour in 2022. An economy devastated by war, and over 20 million Yeminis depending on humanitarian assistance to survive.
#Yemen #UNHCR #refugees
I’ve landed in Aden, to meet displaced families and refugees for UNHCR @refugees and show my support for the people of Yemen. I will do my best to communicate from the ground as the days unfold.
As we continue to watch the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, and call for an immediate end to the conflict and humanitarian access, I’m here in Yemen to support people who also desperately need peace.
The situation here is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with one civilian killed or injured every hour in 2022. An economy devastated by war, and over 20 million Yeminis depending on humanitarian assistance to survive.
#Yemen #UNHCR #refugees
I’ve landed in Aden, to meet displaced families and refugees for UNHCR @refugees and show my support for the people of Yemen. I will do my best to communicate from the ground as the days unfold.
As we continue to watch the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, and call for an immediate end to the conflict and humanitarian access, I’m here in Yemen to support people who also desperately need peace.
The situation here is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with one civilian killed or injured every hour in 2022. An economy devastated by war, and over 20 million Yeminis depending on humanitarian assistance to survive.
#Yemen #UNHCR #refugees
If you can, please take a minute to watch this video, shared with me by @unicef, of a Ukrainian mother Maryna struggling to keep her children safe, amid fear of shelling and attack.
This is the reality of life for civilians trapped and displaced by conflict – including an estimated 7.5 million Ukrainian children, their parents and families, and refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria who’d fled to Ukraine and now face being uprooted again, as well as students from India and African nations.
Ensuring that aid and supplies can reach trapped civilians is urgent for all people in Ukraine. UNICEF and UNHCR @refugees and partners including brave local organizations, are working hard to reach those in need and deliver aid relief wherever possible.
#ukraine
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