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Syrian refugees resort to ever more desperate measures to resist pandemic impact
The COVID-19 crisis has caused a dramatic spike in the number of Syrian refugees in need of emergency assistance in the last three months, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, in an appeal for funding to confront new challenges posed by the health emergency.
source: Europe
UN sustainable energy project in Ukraine finds a new role: fighting COVID-19
A United Nations project to promote energy efficiency among Ukrainian homeowners has found a second life – informing 1.8 million of the nation’s citizens on how to combat the COVID-19 virus.
source: Europe
UN rights office concerned over migrant boat pushbacks in the Mediterranean
Restrictions against humanitarians who rescue migrant boats in the central Mediterranean are putting lives at risk and must be lifted immediately, the UN human rights office said on Friday.
source: Europe
FROM THE FIELD: How refugees are helping overwhelmed health systems' COVID-19 response
With many European health services struggling to deal with an influx of COVID-19 patients, many refugees and migrants with experience in the sector, are being drafted in to help respond to the crisis.
source: Europe
Greece: COVID-19 pandemic a further risk to refugee child education
UN agencies in Greece have expressed concern at the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the education of refugee children in the country, as a charity partner warns that funding for educational programmes is on the verge of running out.
source: Europe
Put aside political agendas ‘to save lives’, top UN official in Kosovo urges
The senior UN official in Kosovo is stressing that strong leadership and political unity are needed now more than ever, as local leaders and their international partners wage war on the “enormous challenge” posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
source: Europe
First Person: The power of art in a time of coronavirus crisis
In Italy, impromptu concerts, performed from apartment balconies, have become one of the features of life under lockdown. On UNESCO World Art Day, which falls on April 15, a professional violinist told UN News how he is using his talent to help others through the crisis.
source: Europe
First Person: ‘Fate’ of Italian nurse, and countless other health workers, depends on protective clothing
A 24-year-old nurse in Italy who is treating patients with the deadly COVID-19 virus has been describing how her “fate” on any given day is dependent on how well she dresses in her protective clothing.
source: Europe
COVID-19: from conflict to pandemic, migrants in Bosnia face a new challenge
Migrants and refugees hosted at UN-run reception centres in Bosnia-Herzegovina, are learning to cope with the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
source: Europe
'Everyone at risk’ as coronavirus cases tick up among migrants and refugees sheltering in Greece
With 23 migrants at an open accommodation site in central Greece testing positive for COVID-19, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sounded the alarm on Thursday over conditions in crowded reception centres on five Greek islands where the virus risks taking hold.
source: Europe
COVID-19: Czech Roma community faces up to mask challenge
When face masks stocks began running low in the Czech Republic, minority communities, including the country’s Roma population, were quick to respond, rallying to make fresh supplies, with the aim of slowing the spread of COVID-19.
source: Europe
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