Topic: UNHCR
Iraq Refugee Crisis – Explained
Since 2014, more than 3 million Iraqis have been displaced within the country and another 260,000 have been forced to flee to neighboring countries.
More than half of the world’s school-age refugee children do not get an education
Of the 7.1 million refugee children of school age, 3.7 million - more than half - do not go to school, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says in a report.
UNHCR warns of rights violations over US asylum policies
The consequence of the U.S. policy will be "to put at risk the vulnerable people who need international protection and who flee their countries for reasons ranging from poverty to persecution,