Global Initiative Bi-weekly Newsletter

                                                                           June 12 to June 30, 2026 UNCHR UNHCR: Refugees in Eastern and Southern Africa remain in exile for nearly 16 years GENEVA – Refugees in Eastern and Southern Africa remain in exile for a median period of almost 16 years, according to new analysis by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, underscoring the urgent need to expand solutions. The analysis, based on UNHCR’s registration data between 2001 and 2025, shows that displacement in the region is rarely short-term. At the end of 2025, 6.4 million refugees and asylum-seekers were recorded in UNHCR’s registration system across the region. Many had escaped war, instability and persecution in countries such as Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia, and continue to be hosted mainly by neighbor...