| Ecuador declares state of emergency over Venezuela influx. Ecuador has declared a state of emergency in three northern provinces in response to the massive influx of Venezuelans who have arrived to the country. The move, which has been welcomed and supported by UNHCR, is intended to help support the new arrivals and reaffirms Ecuador’s long tradition of welcoming refugees and other persons on the move. | | |
| Rohingya refugee settlements in Bangladesh weather record rains. Amid one of the heaviest monsoon seasons in years, UNHCR, along with the Bangladeshi authorities and partners, is pressing on with the relocation of thousands of Rohingya refugee families at high risk of landslides and floods in Cox’s Bazar. To date, nearly 24,000 have been moved – more than half of an estimated 41,000 deemed to be in greatest need of relocation to the safer areas. Refugee settlements have so far largely weathered the storms, proving the value of months of mitigation efforts. | | |
| Spain takes in 87 more migrants. A week after 87 people were found stranded on an inflatable raft off the coast of Libya, rescue vessel Open Arms has delivered them to safety in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras. According to reports, there were 12 children in the group and many had said they ‘preferred to die than to be returned to Libya’. | | |
| Refugees sow crops with Kenyan hosts and reap integration. An agricultural project is bringing together new arrivals and locals in drought-stricken Turkana, Kenya, helping them to grow food and earn an income. Kenya is one of several countries that have agreed to adopt a more comprehensive approach to refugee situations, a key component in the Global Compact for Refugees to be adopted this year. | | |
| Facebook accused of helping traffickers by not blocking ads aimed at refugees. The UK’s National Crime Agency has accused Facebook of allowing refugees to be ‘tricked into unsafe situations’ by not blocking advertisements from human traffickers on its site. A Facebook spokeswoman said the company was taking the problem seriously, adding that "People smuggling is illegal and any posts, pages or groups that co-ordinate this activity are not allowed on Facebook.” | | |
| Following a refugee family's long journey to US citizenship. After more than 100,000 people fled Bhutan in 1992, many of them lived in camps in Nepal. Viviane Dalles photographed one family as they were resettled to Texas in 2009 – and has now caught up with them again nine years later. | | |
| Millions of people globally are denied a nationality. Many are children belonging to minority groups. Find out why being stateless often means they can't go to school, see a doctor or exercise their basic human rights. | | |
Since the beginning of the year, some 547,000 Venezuelans have entered Ecuador through the Colombian border – an average of more than 2,500 men, women and children per day.
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