Press releases

Access to services and early recovery desperately needed to help Syrian population

March 15, 2022, marks 11 years since the crisis in Syria began. It has been 11 years of human suffering with millions of people displaced. The Secretary General of DRC recently witnessed the situation with her own eyes, and DRC calls for a peaceful political solution to the crisis once and for all – and more access to services and early recovery for the people of Syria.

Promoting environmental conservation to boost resilience in Tanzania

The Danish Refugee Council boosts access to access to alternative energy sources and promoting environmental conservation in refugee camps and host communities in Kigoma region.

DRC: All fleeing conflict must have access to safety and protection and humanitarian assistance to the affected population must be ensured

DRC response to violent escalation of conflict in Ukraine

An escalation of the conflict in Ukraine will increase already high humanitarian needs

With tensions rising around the situation in Ukraine, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) warns that a further escalation of the crisis will deteriorate an already dire situation for the Ukrainian population, suffering from eight years of conflict. DRC therefore calls for urgent de-escalation and resolution of the situation.

By 2023 displacement will have doubled over a decade, new report predicts

More than 35 million people will have been displaced from their homes from 2014 to 2023 meaning a doubling in a time span of just ten years in the world’s most displacement affected countries.

Aid agencies working in Yemen warn of the potentially devastating humanitarian consequences of a Terrorist Designation

Recent US government statements on Yemen have indicated a potential redesignation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation. A designation will devastate the lives of millions of ordinary people in Yemen, who have already suffered through years of conflict.

Joint Statement: One year after Myanmar military’s seizure of power, aid agencies call for increased effort to end human suffering

Statement from humanitarian agencies working in Myanmar: ActionAid, CARE International, Danish Refugee Council, International Rescue Committee, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Save the Children and Trócaire.

International community must act now to stop senseless loss of life in Yemen

More than 70 people were killed and over 100 people injured overnight in the north of Yemen, the latest in an increasingly devastating series of almost nightly air strikes.

Joint Statement: New sanctions risk plunging the people of Mali further into humanitarian crisis

13 NGOs are urging all states and bodies supporting these sanctions to unequivocally commit to applying humanitarian exemptions, so that life-saving aid can reach all those in need.

Record-high needs for aid in Afghanistan

The largest appeal in UN history is being launched today, requesting the world to support Afghanistan as the country is descending into what is described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is among the aid agencies on the ground. significantly scaling-up ongoing emergency responses to reach people across cities and remote areas where markets collapse, livelihoods are lost, and lives are at risk.

DRC is joining the Grand Bargain 2.0

With a specific focus on “Quality Funding” and “Localisation”, the Danish Refugee Council has become a formal member of the Grand Bargain 2.0. The aim is to ensure better support and more protection to displaced people.

12,000 pushbacks in 2021 reflects worrying normalization of illegal practice

From January to November 2021, DRC and six civil society organizations across Europe documented close to 12,000 incidents of men, women and children being pushed back by border police, law enforcement officials or other authorities from EU Member States.

Five stories of Afghans evacuated to Italy

“It was my only option.” As public and media attention towards Afghanistan fades, Afghan evacuees in Italy worry for loved ones left behind and contend with an uncertain future ahead. Mixed Migration Centre launches the first of a series of interviews with Afghans evacuated to Italy

Self-reliance efforts must not lose sight of the achievement of durable solutions

Ahead of the first official stocktaking of the Global Refugee Forum on 14-15 December 2021 the Danish Refugee Council is releasing a report with the view to refocus attention to self-reliance within a durable solution lens.

Statement on the Global Compact on Refugees High Level Officials Meeting

Three years after the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) was endorsed by the UN General Assembly, DRC welcomes the opportunity of the High Level Officials Meeting 2021 to take stock of the progress made. With increasing global displacement and humanitarian needs growing year by year it is the right time to assess if relevant steps have been taken to provide better protection and assistance for displaced people and if a reduction of human suffering has been achieved.

Need for calm and proportional response at the EUs external borders

The EU must address and manage the situation at its external borders in a way that protects fundamental human rights. It is extremely worrying that the EU Commission proposes limitations of rights including related to effective access to seek asylum. It is a disproportionate response to a manageable situation, and it must not set precedent for future responses at the EU’s external borders.

Famine Action Letter

With 45 million people on the brink of famine, the Danish Refugee Council is joining NGOs calling on world leaders to take urgent action.

Reframing mixed migration: MMC launches the Mixed Migration Review 2021

The global migration context is rapidly changing with new conflicts and coups, new public health threats, new levels of environmental stress and changing perceptions around human mobility. Against that backdrop, migration policies, actions and attitudes are becoming more and more extreme, according to the 2021 edition of the Mixed Migration Review, the annual publication by the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC).

Criminalizing mobility, securitizing borders, and preventing access to territory will not end dangerous journeys

The tragic and preventable drownings in the French Channel on Wednesday November 24, and the similarly avoidable humanitarian crisis at the EU’s border with Belarus are being used politically to promote and advance an increasingly securitized approach to border management. But criminalising mobility, securitizing borders, and preventing access to territory will not result in safer mobility.