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More than 100,000 people have been displaced since fighting erupted earlier this month.
A hashtag calling for Lebanese people to get vaccines before refugees has sparked renewed debate in Lebanon about racism, prejudice, and the right to medical care.
Jordan becomes first country to vaccinate refugees
Jordan has vaccinated its first refugee and intends to include all those living in the country in its vaccine programme.
Fire destroys hundreds of homes in Rohingya refugee camp
Hundreds of homes in Nayapara Camp have been destroyed by a fire that broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning.
EU watchdog launches Frontex investigation over migrant harassment allegations
The EU has launched an investigation into claims that Greece is pushing migrants on boats back into the sea.
Migrant lives 'at risk' after Bosnia camp burns down
Plans to relocate the migrants have been held up after official disagreements and protests from locals.
Arrests after arson attack at camp in Lebanon
The fire on Saturday night tore through the tented shelters of some 75 families near the town of Bhanine in the north Lebanon Miniyeh region, ...
Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon set ablaze after row
A camp has been set alight in Lebanon following a fight between two members and a Lebanese family.
Iraqi refugee family is home at last
From a first date that ended in bloody carnage in Baghdad, to finally entering their new home in The Netherlands, this is an epic tale of ...
Nine in 10 Lebanon-based Syrian refugee families extremely poor
The UN found nine out of 10 Syrian refugee families in Lebanon are living in extreme poverty.
Sudan PM: regional meeting on Ethiopia conflict agreed
Sudan's premier said he had agreed with his counterpart in Addis Ababa to hold an urgent meeting of a bloc of east African countries to resolve ...
Sudan's PM visits Ethiopia amid refugee crisis
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok made the first visit by a foreign leader to Ethiopia's Tigray region since fighting broke out in November.
First foreign aid convoy reaches capital of Ethiopia's Tigray
The foreign convoy arrives amid a humanitarian crisis brought about by armed conflict.
Germany lifts ban on deportations to war-torn Syria
Only 'serious' offenders will be considered for deportation, officials say.
Forgotten Syrians need winter help, says author Gaiman
Award-winning writer Neil Gaiman said the world should remember that refugees are ordinary people dealing with upheaval.
UN pleads with Ethiopia for Tigray refugee camp access
The UN refugee agency UNHCR said the refugees, in four camps inside the border region, were in "desperate need" of help and currently out of reach.
UN says Sudan needs $150 million for Ethiopian refugees
Sudan has since hosted more than 43,000 Ethiopian refugees fleeing from the intense fighting into one of its most impoverished regions.
Hundreds of Syrians exit Lebanese town over tensions: UN
At least 270 Syrian families have left the Lebanese town of Bsharre, as hostility towards them mounted over a murder allegedly committed by a ...
UN evacuate 79 asylum seekers from Libya to Rwanda
A group of vulnerable asylum seekers have been taken to Rwanda.
UN prepares for 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
Around 32,000 people have already fled the conflict-stricken Tigray region, the UN refugee agency said.
Children crossing the border into Sudan 'extremely vulnerable': Report
A new report by a leading NGO has warned that children crossing the border into Sudan face growing risks to their lives.
Greece could be sued over Syrian expulsion to Turkey
A 26-year-old Syrian man said he was illegally expelled from Greece in 2016 whilst searching for his 11-year-old brother.
Nearly 25,000 Ethiopians flee to Sudan: state media
Sudan is currently hosting the refugees in a camp that hosted thousands of Ethiopians fleeing famine in the 1980s.
Syrian refugee 'sets himself ablaze' in Lebanon
A Syrian refugee in Lebanon set himself on fire near the UN's refugee agency reception center in Beirut.
The virtual donor conference failed to meet its funding target of $1 billion.
The pandemic has exacerbated a mental health crisis for internally displaced people in Iraq.
Covid-19 cases in refugee camps across the Middle East have spiked in the last month.
Half of all refugee children are out of school, notes the UNHCR's latest report.
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