by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 3, 2023 | Feature-, News
Donations from Muslims around the world have enabled the United Nations to assist around six million forcibly displaced persons in recent years, according to a report published March 24 by UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. The Refugee Zakat Fund, officially...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 11, 2020 | News
Only 63,696 of the 1.4 million refugees considered top priorities for resettlement received resettlement in 2019, according to a fact sheet published by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Feb. 5. This is 8,016 more than in 2018, but it represents only 4.5% of refugees...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 19, 2019 | News
More than half (3.7 million) of the 7.1 million school-age refugees are currently not enrolled in educational programs, according to a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report published Aug. 30. Refugees (63% enrolled in school) are far less likely to be in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 10, 2019 | News
Gender discrimination is a “root cause” of stateless children (those having no official nationality) according to a United Nations’ High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) report published Aug. 22. Twenty-five nations have laws in place that prevent parents passing...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 12, 2019 | News
An estimated 1.44 million refugees will need to be resettled in 2020, according to a report published July 1 by the U.N. Refugee Agency. These projections are 1% above those for 2019, with certain regions seeing decreases or stability in resettlement estimates and...
