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@RefugeesMedia - 14/01/2022
UNHCR continues to coordinate with authorities and other partners to ensure the most effective humanitarian response to meet the needs of the Sahel’s refugees, IDPs, and host communities, despite myriad challenges.
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@RefugeesMedia - 14/01/2022
UNHCR calls on the international community to take bold action and spare no effort in supporting the countries of the Central Sahel to bring about the urgently needed peace, stability, and development to the region.
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@RefugeesMedia - 14/01/2022
UNHCR and humanitarian partners face mounting challenges to access people in need and deliver lifesaving assistance and protection. Humanitarians continue to face road attacks, ambushes, and carjacking
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@RefugeesMedia - 14/01/2022
Host communities have continued to show resilience and solidarity in welcoming displaced families, despite their own scant resources. Government authorities have demonstrated unwavering commitment to assisting the displaced, but are buckling under increasing pressure
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@RefugeesMedia - 14/01/2022
Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating amid crises on multiple fronts -- violence, extreme poverty, COVID-19 and the climate crisis with temperatures in the region rising 1.5 times faster than the global average
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@RefugeesMedia - 14/01/2022
In Burkina Faso alone, the total number of IDPs rose to more than 1.5m. Six in ten of Sahel’s IDPs are Burkinabe. In Niger, the number of IDPs in Tillabéri and Tahoua increased 53%. In Mali, more than 400,000 people are displaced inside the country – a 30% increase on 2020
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@RefugeesMedia - 14/01/2022
Armed groups reportedly carried out more than 800 deadly attacks last year, according to partner estimates. Such violence uprooted some 450,000 people within their countries and forced a further 36,000 to flee into a neighbouring country.
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@RefugeesMedia - 14/01/2022
In a decade, Sahel armed conflict has forced over 2.5 million people to flee Internal displacement has increased tenfold to 2.1 million and the number of refugees now stands at 410,000 https://t.co/fFzaFav7s7 via @refugees
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@RefugeesMedia - 11/01/2022
UN and non-governmental organizations will today launch joint response plans aiming to deliver vital humanitarian relief to 22 million people in Afghanistan and support 5.7 million displaced Afghans and local communities in five neighbouring countries. https://t.co/tNGhlxqKWj
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