In seconds, entire families lost everything in eastern Afghanistan.
Survivors sleep in the open amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.
UNHCR is providing life-saving aid, but urgent support from the internatiomal community is needed.
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A crisis compounded by crisis.
Our colleague from @UNHCRAfg, Charlie, shares how the deadly earthquake has added to the devastation in Afghanistan.
Needs are immense. Please help with a donation: https://t.co/TJj2oQP3yk
Afghans in the US feel terrified and deeply betrayed as Trump ends deportation protections. One former prosecutor, who helped jail Taliban members, told me: "If they plan to deport me, I'll tell them: 'Please shoot me here, but don't send me back.'
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The number of Syrians who have returned home since last December has reached 500,000, many for the first time in 14 years.
But we must ensure that people who return can stay and thrive: that is also why the lifting of sanctions is crucial, as reconstruction is urgently needed!
UNHCR had the honour to represent the Education Development Partners Group in the 🇹🇿parliament session that discussed and approved the Education Budget for 2025/2026.
UNHCR continues to advocate for quality education for forcibly displaced populations in Tanzania.
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More than 114 million people were #ForcedToFlee in 2023.
Behind these staggering figures are women, men, children and families.
We must make 2024 the year of solutions for and #WithRefugees and displaced people.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
On Sunday’s #HumanRightsDay, explore all the principles affirmed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: https://t.co/VKPRWkwgPh
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Even wars have rules.
The Geneva Conventions protect civilians in conflict and helps ensure assistance reaches those in need, without discrimination. https://t.co/Jh9e5ny9KT
For first time ever, @antonioguterres invokes Article 99 of UN Charter, urging Security Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
Appealing for humanitarian ceasefire, he says civilian population must be spared from further harm. https://t.co/vOFMPASWkQ
To support women entrepreneurs to thrive or expand their businesses, UNHCR with partner @WSTA_ORG opened a Women's Social and Economic Centre in Bamyan. The centre not only promotes women-led businesses but also links them to markets.
“We haven’t brought anything, except for two blankets.”
Families forcibly left behind everything in #Pakistan, return to #Afghanistan empty handed to start over in a country with very few economic opportunities and where many already struggle to survive.
Violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world.
Saturday is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. https://t.co/P1s1HFTigb #16Days via @UN_Women