Current affairs

Working green to ensure a sustainable future for refugees and those affected by displacement

The devastating consequences of climate change and environmental degradation push more people towards displacement every day. In assisting refugees, internally displaced persons, or those who are forced to stay in the midst of uninhabitable conditions, we must greenify our operations, think regeneratively, and design responsibly.

“The level of destruction in Syria is overwhelming”

“I have worked in the humanitarian sector in more than 20 countries, and I have never seen anything like this.” DRC’s country director in Syria, Victor Velasco, reflects on the destruction that a decade of conflict has brought upon the country.

Escaping Conflict, Struggling to Survive

After leaving behind everything in Syria, Syrian refugees tell stories of their fight to survival in Turkey.

16 Days of Activism: Encouraging stories against gender-based violence

This year the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence (GBV) campaign is focused on four important objectives, which align with DRC’s work: to fund, respond to, prevent, and collect data on gender-based violence.

Camp Closure in Iraq

In Iraq, around 240,000 people are at immediate risk as camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) close across the country, forcing vulnerable families to return to homes that are damaged or destroyed by war – if they can return home at all.

Humanitarian needs are high for Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan

In one month, tens of thousands of people have crossed the border from Ethiopia into neighbouring Sudan. They arrive tired, hungry, and traumatised, and in need of humanitarian assistance.

2020: 16 Days of Activism in Afghanistan

This December, DRC Afghanistan looks back at a series of events for DRC staff and community members across the country as part of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign between 25 November and 10 December 2020.

Central Sahel crisis

Unprecedented levels of armed violence, rights violations, and displacement amplified by the consequences of climate change are drastically affecting the lives of people in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger – the Central Sahel region. The situation is increasingly becoming a complex humanitarian crisis that is widely ignored.

DRC Supports European Union Push for Border Accountability

The EU has presented a positive step forward to end impunity for rights violations at borders within and around the Union, but it risks becoming a fig leaf. Along with seven other organisations, DRC presents four key recommendations.

Single mother empowers other Syrian women in refuge

As a single mother and a refugee, Khawla has learned her life lessons and now works in empowering refugee women in Turkey.

Myanmar lockdown: Aid trapped in the middle

While the number of Covid-19 cases are on the rise and medical capacity often fail to respond, humanitarian needs are soaring. Aid is there, but delivery is stuck. A nationwide curfew keeps all at home and prevents DRC and fellow NGOs from reaching desperate people waiting for help.

Flooding in Sudan

Weeks of downpours and floods have destroyed homes, farms, and key infrastructure in several parts of Sudan, including Khartoum state. DRC is providing emergency support to displaced people and host populations as needs are expected to remain acute for months ahead.

Two years of demining have cleared 630K m2 of land in Ukraine

Danish Refugee Council – Danish Demining Group (DRC-DDG) officially handed over two fields to the local authorities of Myrna Dolyna, which the organisation's deminers had been clearing of explosive ordnance, including mines, for more than two years.

Three years on: Rohingyas at a crossroad

Almost one million Rohingyas live as refugees in make-shift homes in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar – a district that has become known for hosting the world’s largest refugee camp. Years after a violent mass displacement of Rohingyas from their villages in Myanmar, the outlook of their return is looking bleak.