United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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UN says resuming refugee resettlement as virus restrictions ease

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The United Nations said Thursday it was resuming resettlement travel for refugees, which was suspended in March due to the coronavirus crisis, delaying departures for some 10,000 refugees. The UN agencies for refugees and for migration jointly announced “the resumption of resettlement departures” by people already living as refugees who have been approved to move to third countries.

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El Salvador: Trans woman defies danger to champion LGBTI rights

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Bianka Rodriguez has been chosen as the regional winner for the Americas of the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, a prestigious annual prize that honours those who have gone to extraordinary lengths to support forcibly displaced and stateless people.

Kenya: LGBT+ refugees in Kenya accuse U.N. of failing on protection, shelter

LGBT+ refugees in Kenya on Friday accused the United Nations of failing to provide adequate shelter and protection after they were forced to flee attacks at a refugee camp and relocated to an abandoned school on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi.

Twelve United Nations agencies commit to working together to end discrimination in health-care settings

 12 United Nations entities released an unprecedented joint statement calling for ending discrimination in health-care settings