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refugee crisis

February 2, 2018

Human cost of South Sudan conflict reaches ‘epic proportions,’ says UN refugee agency chief

The human cost of South Sudan’s long-running conflict has reached “epic proportions” with the number of refugees set to rise beyond three million by the end of this year, potentially making it Africa’s largest refugee crisis since the mid-1990s, says the head of the UN refugee agency.
October 11, 2016

Refugee Council marks World Mental Health Day

The British Psychoanalytic Council and UK Council for Psychotherapy have teamed up with the Refugee Council to support this year’s World Mental Health Day.
September 16, 2016

Britain must act on refugee crisis or be 'party to failure'

More than 50 charities, NGOs and aid agencies working with refugees across the world have written to the Prime Minister, urging her to do more to tackle the global refugee crisis.
September 9, 2016

Summit to discuss UK action on refugee crisis

Christian Aid and Citizens UK will host a summit on10 September 2016 in Birmingham, giving people a chance to take stock of the UK’s response to the crisis and press their politicians to do more.
May 2, 2016

UN chief welcomes first-ever Olympic refugee team

During a visit to Geneva on 29 April 2016, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the first-ever Olympic refugee team to compete in the international event, and received the Olympic Cup Award on behalf of the UN.
April 19, 2016

New report on conditions for 46,000 refugees trapped in Greece

With international attention focused on the implementation of the recently agreed EU-Turkey deal, the plight of more than 46,000 refugees and migrants stuck in squalid conditions across mainland Greece is in danger of being forgotten, Amnesty International warns in a new report.
April 14, 2016

UK failing to protect vulnerable refugees say aid agencies

The UK is failing in its responsibility to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable people who have been displaced by conflict, violence, persecution and poverty, a group of 13 aid and refugee agencies said today (14 April 2016).
March 17, 2016

More refugees' lives at risk unless the EU acts says Christian Aid

Christian Aid has warned that unless the European Union takes greater action in response to the scale of the refugee crisis, more people will risk their lives in order to leave Greece, where some 40,000 people are currently stranded.
March 10, 2016

Christian Aid warning on closing of Balkan refugee route

European leaders, meeting on 7 March in Brussels, have closed the Balkan route being used by refugees to enter and travel through the EU, in a move Christian Aid warns could be inhumane.
February 25, 2016

New German alliance appeals for human dignity

A German alliance of diverse faith-based and civil-society groups has issued an appeal encouraging a humanitarian response to refugees in Europe.