Bangladesh at the Crossroads: China, India, the United States, Russia and Canada in the Bay of Bengal

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/05/bangladesh-at-the-crossroads-china-india-the-united-states-russia-and-canada-in-the-bay-of-bengal/

Exclusive: Cash-strapped UN refugee agency to cut more jobs, even as crises mount | Reuters

The agency said in a statement the imbalance in staffing had come after it reduced international staff positions by 33% last year.

“We fully recognize the anxiety this situation creates ​and are doing everything possible to ​mitigate its impact,” it ⁠added.

“ We remain deeply concerned by the widening gap between needs and resources and the severe impact this will have on millions of people displaced by war and persecution,” it said.

The ​UNHCR High Commissioner called on donor countries to provide more flexible funding, saying in the ​letter the crisis ⁠has been compounded by a growing share of tightly earmarked donations.

Such funding rose from 24% of income in 2024 to 44% in 2025 and is expected to exceed 50% in 2026, Salih said.

The World Health Organization has also said its workforce will shrink ⁠by nearly ​a quarter - or more than 2,000 jobs - by the middle of ​this year after its top donor, the United States, left.

#WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has since said the financial situation has stabilised, telling members on Monday ​that 90% of its budget for the next two years had been funded.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/cash-strapped-un-refugee-agency-cut-more-jobs-even-crises-mount-2026-05-18/

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Primo piano ANSA - ANSA.it: Unhcr, l'appello di Laura Adriani per la campagna 'Torniamo a sentire'

Iniziativa in Repubblica del Congo e Burundi. L'attrice: "Qui la situazione e' tragica"

UNHCR, the appeal by Laura Adriani for the 'Let's Hear Each Other Again' campaign.

Initiative in the Republic of Congo and Burundi. The actress: “Here the situation is tragic.”

#UNHCR #LauraAdriani #theRepublicofCongo #Burundi

https://www.ansa.it/sito/videogallery/mondo/2026/05/11/unhcr-lappello-di-laura-adriani-per-la-campagna-torniamo-a-sentire_ed1e4649-bc73-46a2-92bb-9421259e9d93.html

UN-Flüchtlingshilfswerk: 1,6 Millionen geflüchtete Syrer zurückgekehrt

Seit dem Machtwechsel in Syrien sind etwa 1,6 Millionen Geflüchtete zurück in die Heimat gekehrt. Darunter sind rund 6.000 Menschen aus Deutschland. Insgesamt leben mehr als 900.000 Syrer hier.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/syrer-rueckkehr-102.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

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„(…) UN refugee agency ( #UNHCR ) spokesperson C. Wolf told reporters in Geneva (…) “Rising transport, food and fuel costs disproportionately affect people who are already living in emergencies, including millions of #refugees and #displacedpeople who are among the hardest hit, while also reducing the ability of aid agencies to deliver timely assistance” (…).“

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167422

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