ALOR SETAR: A Myanmar man holding a United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) card was arrested with 32 other Myanmar nationals during raids at two locations in Sungai Petani on Tuesday.
The head of the UN body for protecting refugees, the UNHCR, has called for payments to be resumed to the criticized Palestinian aid agency UNRWA. Israel has accused a dozen UNRWA employees of being involved in the terrorist acts committed by Hamas on October 7. The reports have led a number of Western countries to suspend funding to UNRWA, including major donors, the United States and Germany. UNHCR head Filippo Grandi said the situation was devastating for the people of Gaza. “The sooner decisi
The head of the UN body for protecting refugees, the UNHCR, is counting on Germany among other countries for funding, amid a rise in the need for humanitarian aid, UNHCR head Filippo Grandi told dpa in Geneva on Saturday. "I know that there is in Germany at the moment a complex discussion on the budget," Grandi said. "I'm assuming that Germany does not intend to cut funding for humanitarian aid." Both houses of the German parliament are to debate a revised draft budget early next month after a C
Floundering Rishi Sunak has been dealt another blow after the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the Rwanda scheme "does not meet international standards"