10-1 | MSF calls for immediate actionThis week, government leaders gather in Geneva on the occasion of the 63rd UNHCR Executive Committee, while in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, Somali refugees continue to live in extreme conditions amid a climate of fear.
9-24 | More than 2,000 white tents line the green hills near the village of Bambasi, in western Ethiopia. Since July, they have been home to 12,000 Sudanese refugees who fled their homeland and are now taking sanctuary from conflict in a camp established by the Ethiopian authorities and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
9-20 | The work of MSF in Yida camp is proving effective. As explained by André HELLER, MSF head of mission in South Sudan, MSF has managed to reduce the mortality rate in this camp of families seeking refuge from conflict and food insecurity in Sudan. But living conditions remain a concern, as does the high prevalence of disease in the camp. The main causes of mortality have not changed since early July, when the situation reached a critical threshold. So the efforts must continue.
9-11 | Lebanon has absorbed tens of thousands of refugees fleeing from the conflict in neighbouring Syria in recent months. Many are living in overcrowded conditions, suffering psychological distress, fearful for their safety and unable to afford medical care, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a report released today.
8-23 | “This emergency is huge - I’ve never seen anything like it”
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