Topic: Crisis Response

It’s a Tuesday morning and long lines of people are already gathering on the veranda of the Pariang Primary Health Care Centre, waiting for consultations with the medical staff.

Brussels ( 8 October 2015) – The European Union and its Member States must urgently scale up their responses to the refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe as winter approaches before more lives get lost, five major humanitarian organizations said today.

On the 6th October the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) Secretariat published their Synthesis report, just a scant eight days before the WHS’s Global Consultation here in Geneva. It is a magnificent document, summing up over 180-odd pages conversations with 23,000

My name is Ahmad, I am Kurdish and I come from Aleppo in Syria. I left my home country on the 27th August with my wife, our one-month-old baby daughter Naya and another family who are close friends of ours.

Geneva (2 October 2015) - The ongoing crises in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere have caused displacement and humanitarian needs on a scale never before recorded. Yet it is about to get worse.

(22 September 2015) - The international aid organization CARE has expanded its assistance for refugees crossing into Serbia and Croatia, hoping to make their way into the EU.

The late-summer sun is burning in a gravel parking area in the north of Serbia, about ten kilometres from the Hungarian border. The temperatures climbed up to 37 degrees Celsius today.

My name is Rami. I am turning 18 years in four months from now. I am excited, although I will be without my family and friends. I am from Damascus, the capital of Syria. 18 days ago, I left my father, my mother and my siblings in order to start a new life. My whole family is counting on me.

Refugee crisis needs increased and prolonged response both in Europe and in Syria’s neighboring countries. Severe funding shortfalls for humanitarian assistance in the region contribute to Syrians leaving for Europe.