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OIC for inclusive Afghan dialogue

OIC for inclusive Afghan dialogue

Updated 23 Aug, 2021 10:17am
  • Says it would dispatch envoys to Afghanistan to stress the importance of 'peace, stability, and national reconciliation'
Donors face $10bn aid appeal at Syria conference

Donors face $10bn aid appeal at Syria conference

Published 30 Mar, 2021 06:57pm
  • The goal this year is to raise $10 billion (8.46 billion euros) -- $4.2 billion for humanitarian relief inside Syria, and the rest for refugees sheltering in the region.
Biden to raise current U.S. refugee cap from historic lows

Biden to raise current U.S. refugee cap from historic lows

Published 06 Feb, 2021 07:12pm
  • U.S. President Joe Biden plans to raise the refugee cap for the current fiscal year to 62,500, a sharp increase from the 15,000 set by former President Donald Trump, two people familiar with the move told Reuters on Friday.
  • The allocations will create spots for 22,000 refugees from Africa, 6,000 from East Asia, 4,000 from Europe and Central Asia, 5,000 from Latin America and the Caribbean, and 13,000 from South Asia.
UAE significantly slashed funding for Palestinian refugee agency in 2020

UAE significantly slashed funding for Palestinian refugee agency in 2020

Updated 08 Feb, 2021 10:25am
  • The United Arab Emirates drastically reduced funding to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in 2020, as it signed a U.S-brokered normalisation accord with Israel.
  • The Gulf state contributed $51.8 million to the refugee agency in 2018 and 2019, but it reduced that contribution by an unprecedented margin in 2020, down to a mere $1 million.
More than 80 million people displaced globally due to violence in 2020 conflicts: UN

More than 80 million people displaced globally due to violence in 2020 conflicts: UN

Published 09 Dec, 2020 02:50pm
  • The UNHCR's preliminary figures suggest that by the end of 2019, 79.5 million people were living uprooted and displaced, including nearly 30 million refugees
  • Coronavirus crisis had affected every aspect of human life and severely worsened existing challenges for the forcibly displaced and stateless, says UNHCR
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