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@RefugeesMedia - 10/05/2022
UNHCR has been responding in areas affected by Gombe and other storms, including by providing shelter and household kits to affected communities, and conducting repairs to schools, health clinics and other key infrastructure
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/05/2022
Mission members saw the harsh damage done by Cyclone Gombe. Houses had just melted away. Schools, clinics and infrastructure had been badly damaged or destroyed.
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/05/2022
A Senior Level Mission visited the country at the end of April to assess how UNHCR and partners can scale up protection and assistance. Mozambique faces twin challenges of conflict and climate in an “invisible” crisis while humanitarian operations are chronically underfunded
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/05/2022
The growing impact of the climate crisis continues to be felt in Mozambique and is amplifying vulnerability, driving displacement, and making life harder for refugees, the internally displaced, and host communities.
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/05/2022
Since 11 March, Gombe has affected over 736,000 people, including in Corrane IDP site and Maratane refugee settlement. In Maratane, 80% of shelters were damaged, and more than 27,000 refugees, asylum-seekers and host community members are still in urgent need of assistance
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/05/2022
This year, Mozambique has been battered by five tropical storms and cyclones in northern coastal areas. Thousands of families are affected, including refugees and Cabo Delgado IDPs – illustrating again the effects of climate change interacting with root causes of displacement
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/05/2022
UNHCR is gravely concerned about ongoing violence and insecurity in northern Mozambique. Conflict and displacement, compounded by extreme weather has led to surging protection needs – physical, material, and legal – for hundreds of thousands people
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@RefugeesMedia - 10/05/2022
UNHCR raises alarm over Mozambique's "invisible" crisis as climate shocks worsen displacement https://t.co/VqGiyJTHRX via @refugees
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@RefugeesMedia - 29/04/2022
The UN Refugee Agency is appealing for urgent action as deaths at sea soar. It has launched today an updated protection and solutions strategy for refugees on these routes, calling for US$163.5 million to assist and protect thousands. https://t.co/biKzSuXEjA
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@RefugeesMedia - 29/04/2022
#NEW UNHCR report launched today highlights soaring death toll on dangerous sea routes to Europe. More than 3,000 people have died or went missing in 2021, attempting to cross the Central and Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic. https://t.co/AsTZVottlh
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