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MSF Syria: One year of strengthening access to healthcare in Daraa Governate

. Health facilities continue to face shortages of trained staff, medicines, and medical supplies, alongside unreliable infrastructure and a weak referral system. Financial barriers also remain significant, with many patients having to pay out of pocket for services or medicines t...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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UNHCR Austria Factsheet, February 2026

Countries: Austria, Afghanistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye, Ukraine, World . Preliminary statistics for 2025 show a further decrease in asylum applications, with a total of around 16,500 asylum applications compared to around 25,360 cases in 2024. In 2025, only 42 per cent we...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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Yemen: Escalating fighting and mass displacement put civilians at grave risk

. We, the undersigned aid organisations operating in Yemen, are deeply concerned by the sharp escalation in fighting across Taiz and the West Coast since 3 September and its mounting humanitarian impact, including civilian casualties and mass displacement. According to the Intern...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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UNHCR Bulgaria Factsheet, February 2026

Countries: Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine . UNHCR provides protection and inclusion support to refugees from Ukraine who have fled to Bulgaria since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, of which some 84,190 are currently present in ...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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UNHCR Croatia Factsheet, February 2026

Countries: Croatia, Russian Federation, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye . Croatia’s asylum legislation is aligned with international standards, providing a solid framework for adequate reception conditions for asylum-seekers and effective integration opportunities for refugees. UNH...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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UNHCR Hungary Fact Sheet, February 2026

Countries: Hungary, Afghanistan, Russian Federation, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, World . n consultation with the Government of Hungary, UNHCR coordinates the Ukraine Situation Refugee Response Coordination Forum (RCF), bringing together a wide network of partners supporting re...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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The air support behind Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

. Equally vital is the ability to deploy frontline teams, medicines and essential supplies to the communities that need them most. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola response, the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) is providing that critical link, delive...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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UNHCR Luxembourg Fact Sheet, February 2026

Countries: Luxembourg, Eritrea, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) . Between Jan-Nov 2025, 1,648 people applied for international protection (a 7 per cent decrease compared to the same period in 2024). Top countries of origin were Eritrea, Syria and...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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UNHCR France Fact Sheet, February 2026

Countries: France, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Guinea, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, World . UNHCR mobilizes support for refugees in France and the Francophonie by raising awareness about forced displacement globally and the need for sustainable responses, in the spirit of the Glob...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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UNHCR Portugal Fact Sheet, February 2026

Countries: Portugal, Afghanistan, Colombia, Gambia, Nigeria, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, World . Portugal has recently undergone migration and asylum reform, leading to changes in the institutional set up and procedures as well as the restructuring of the border control and re...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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UNHCR Tanzania Operational Update - August 2026

Countries: United Republic of Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo . August 2026 As of 31 August 2026, Tanzania hosts 131,929 refugees and asylum seekers, mainly from the DRC and Burundi. Of these, 90,642 live in Nyarugusu Camp, while 41,287 (mostly Burundian) refu...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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Kenya: Staying and Moving: Refugee Adaptations to Cuts in Humanitarian Support

Countries: Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda . Executive Summary Deep cuts to humanitarian aid in 2025 mean that refugees must adapt to radically different situations, where livelihoods and hopes for the future are challenged in new ways. How they respond is shaped by the conditions in ...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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World: Epidemic and emerging disease alerts in the Pacific as of 15 September 2026

Countries: World, Australia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands . Highlights/updates since the last map was sent on PacNet on 08 September 2026: Acute watery diarrhoea • Federated States of Micronesia: Situation Repo...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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Yemen Displacement Tops 85,000 as Conflict Continues, 2,000 Flee to Djibouti

Countries: Yemen, Djibouti . Families are being forced from their homes, and some are now fleeing the country altogether. Over 2,000 people fleeing the hostilities have reached Djibouti's northern shores so far, landing at scattered points along the coast near Obock. Djiboutian a...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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WFP South Sudan Weekly Market Monitor (31 August –6 September 2026)

. KEY MESSAGES • At SSP 133,524 per person per month, average food basket costs were marginally lower than the previous week, while remaining 3 percent above the level recorded four weeks earlier. • Livestock price dynamics, such as the 25 percent drop in the price for a goat in ...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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World: 11 for 11 – Global El Niño Program

Countries: World, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Pakistan, Uganda, Zimbabwe . SUMMARY Drought, extreme heat and erratic rainfall threaten crops, livestock, and water supplies across Southern Africa and the Sahel, while parts of East Afr...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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Super-localisation in Myanmar: uncomfortable truths

. Almost everyone now wants to be associated with it. Donors promote it, international agencies build strategies around it, national organisations claim the role, and staff pursue related positions. It is both a policy agenda and a source of funding and legitimacy. This is not in...

ReliefWebSep 15, 2026

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10 Tech Protection Strategies for Your Kids—and Their Friends

In our household, bedtime is confessional—at least for my 10-year-old, who rattles off his fears, sins, and secrets once his little sister drifts to sleep in the bottom bunk. After a day of baseball camp this summer, the top bunk grew quiet before the reveal. “Hey, Mama? A kid sh...

Christianity TodaySep 15, 2026

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In Bustling Singapore, a Refuge for the Weary

At Halton Hideaway, you won’t see the tall skyscrapers and shining skyline for which Singapore is best known. Instead, the white two-story colonial house is tucked behind lush banyan and mangosteen trees, just a short walk from the ocean. Kingfishers and hornbills call out to vis...

Christianity TodaySep 15, 2026