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StoriesCoronavirus threatens indigenous Venezuelans seeking safety in Brazil
COVID-19 has hit the Brazilian Amazon particularly hard, exposing highly vulnerable native people from Venezuela to the potentially deadly disease.
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StoriesWomen and children in firing line as violence drives 23,000 more refugees from Nigeria
UNHCR steps up activities, despite COVID-19, to assist Niger as new influx in April takes total figure to over 60,000.
Want to learn a new language? Refugees in Serbia offer to teach you online
WHO and UNHCR join forces to improve health services for refugees, displaced and stateless people
UNHCR, IOM, urge European states to disembark rescued migrants and refugees on board the Captain Morgan vessels
Urgent Appeal for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID-19 is a situation unlike anything we've faced before – and it threatens refugees.
Around the clock, UNHCR is delivering lifesaving supplies and support to refugees and displaced people in countries like Bangladesh and Syria.
But we can't tackle this pandemic alone.
Thank you for being the best of humanity by donating TODAY.
$800
supports the construction of a water and sanitation facility, including communal latrines and toilets, for one classroom in a school
$100
could support the construction of one tube well to provide clean water to refugees
$15
costs to provide a person of concern with primary healthcare services
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