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Iraq has still not recovered from years of conflict. Political violence and the social economic situation make life difficult for Iraqis. Iraq is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. Persistent drought will exacerbate water shortages

• Partner: Yazda

Lebanon hosts large numbers of refugees. Multiple crises in Lebanon have led to poverty and food insecurity among Lebanese as well as Syrian refugees. The massive explosion at the port of Beirut in 2020 has hit a country that is already in deep crisis.

• Partner: Embrace.

Twelve years of war have thrown the country into a downward spiral of poverty, hunger, the spread of diseases such as cholera and a collapsed healthcare system. More than 15 million people are left dependent on aid and millions more have fled within Syria and beyond.

The consequences of the terrible earthquake in February 2023 in Turkey and Syria have exacerbated the situation even more.

• Partners: Giro555

Yemen is enduring the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The protracted armed conflict in Yemen has now been raging for eight consecutive years.

Violence, economic hardship, rising food prices, poor healthcare and poverty are impacting the people of Yemen. Millions of people have fled their homes. More than 16 million Yemenis are enduring hunger.

• Partners: International Rescue Committee, Dutch Relief Alliance.

In early February 2023, a devastating earthquake sent shockwaves through communities in Türkiye and northern Syria, affecting large numbers of people.

Many Syrian refugees live in this part of Türkiye, where they have been settling in urban areas. Now they have lost everything again due to this terrible earthquake.

• Partners: SAMS, Mavi Kalem, Support to Life, People in Need, Giro555.

Over 1.7 million people in the Gaza Strip have been forcibly displaced due to Israeli attacks. Moreover, due to Israeli restrictions on imports of humanitarian aid, hundreds of thousands of people have limited to no access to water, medicine, food, and fuel. The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, is one of the biggest in the world.

• Partner: Medical Aid for Palestinians

Millions of people in Myanmar need help. A political crisis, the resurgence of intensive internal conflict across the country, rapidly increasing poverty, and natural disasters are wreaking havoc on the country. Healthcare is crumbling. Myanmar is suffering a desperate humanitarian crisis.

•  Partners: CHDN, BPHWT, IRC, Dutch Relief Alliance.

The smoldering conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has flared up again. An exodus of ethnic Armenians from the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave has started. They fear that Azerbaijan will use all power there with negative consequences for their safety and wellbeing.

Many thousands of residents have crossed the border into Armenia for fear of violence. The situation in the region is extremely tense.

• Partner: People in Need

Bangladesh is one of the world’s countries most at risk from disasters, particularly cyclones and floods. Their impact can be devastating.

Bangladesh is also coping with almost 1 million people who fled their homes in Myanmar and are living in Cox’s Bazar, the world’s largest refugee camp.

• Partner: IRC.

Wars and conflicts have wreaked havoc in Afghanistan for decades. After the Taliban took power, fighting has ceased in large parts of the country, but the security situation remains fragile.

The people of Afghanistan suffer from multiple crisis: drought, poverty, and food shortages: nearly 20 million people in the country suffer from severe food shortages. Access to healthcare and education, in particular for girls and women, is increasingly under pressure due to the Taliban.

• Partners: Intersos, Dutch Relief Alliance.

Refugees and migrants are trying to enter the European Union via the Polish-Belarussian border. Both Belarus and Poland violently force people across the border, so-called pushbacks, leaving many vulnerable displaced people exposed to the elements and in life-threatening circumstances.

Poland is also hosting the highest number of Ukrainian refugees, 1.5 million people.

• Partners: Egala, Strefa Wolnoslowa, Mudita, Giro555.

Greece currently hosts approximately 50,000 refugees and migrants. They face hunger and poverty. Both recognized refugees and persons with a rejected asylum application are no longer entitled to support from the state, leaving thousands without adequate healthcare or means to sustain themselves.

• Partner: Intersos.

Bosnia-Herzegovina is part of the infamous Balkan route for displaced people trying to reach Europe. The route is dangerous, the living conditions appalling.

Among refugees, the Balkan route is also known as ‘the game’: a mission you try to complete, if the police catch you, it’s ‘game over’. Many people live in informal camps in the forest or in abandoned buildings, where they often face violence from the authorities.

• Partner: Rahma.

Thousands of refugees are trapped in Serbia. Due to ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Syria, and unsafe situations in several other countries, many refugees are still arriving. Shelters are overcrowded, and transit to the rest of Europe is violently stopped by neighboring EU countries.

• Partners: Collective Aid, KlikActiv.

The war in Ukraine caused Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II. Millions of people have been displaced. People are seeking refuge in neighboring countries such as Moldova and Poland.

The devastation caused by war is enormous leaving millions of Ukrainians dependent on humanitarian aid and in need of protection. The situation is constantly changing due to the ongoing violence.

• Partners: Open Doors Ukraine, Mines Advisory Group, Intersos, Giro555, Movement Partner, Artsenhulp, Faith Hope Love, SaveUA, Polish Humanitarian Action, Save The World, Stezhka Dodomu, I am Kherson, My City Yuzhne.