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Urgent help needed for stranded South Sudanese returnees

Urgent help needed for stranded South Sudanese returnees

REACH’s Emergency Situation Overview in South Sudan was cited in The New Humanitarian article on Urgent help needed for stranded South Sudanese returnees. An estimated 20% to 30% of those...

Mapping the damage from the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse

Mapping the damage from the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse

REACH’s Novokakhovka emergency dam breach brief, was cited a REUTERS article”Mapping the damage from the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse” 8 June, 2023

Ukrainians endure grim winter as Russia destroys infrastructure – in maps

Ukrainians endure grim winter as Russia destroys infrastructure – in maps

REACH’s Cold Spot Risk Assessment data and analysis was cited in The Guardian article on winter in Ukraine. Areas in Dnipro, Donetsk and Kharkiv are particularly vulnerable, according to research...

In Afghanistan, coal mining relies on the labor of children

In Afghanistan, coal mining relies on the labor of children

REACH’s whole of Afghanistan 2022 presentation was cited in an NPR article on child labour in Afghanistan. While it’s unclear how many children currently work in Afghanistan’s mining industry, what...

Ukraine war’s environmental toll to take years to clean up.

Ukraine war’s environmental toll to take years to clean up.

Environmental damage from the 8-month-old war with Russia is mounting in more of the country, with experts warning of long-term consequences. Moscow’s attacks on fuel depots have released toxins into...

Analysis What will happen to the war in Ukraine in the winter?

Analysis What will happen to the war in Ukraine in the winter?

According to the European Commission, about 17.7 million Ukrainians will need humanitarian aid by the end of the year.

Water Problems in Syria Give Rise to Deadly Cholera Outbreak.

Water Problems in Syria Give Rise to Deadly Cholera Outbreak.

The highly contagious disease has spread quickly in the country’s north, where millions of people displaced by a decade-long war are living, and many rely on untreated water from rivers...

Unfreeze Afghan assets or more hungry children may die.

Unfreeze Afghan assets or more hungry children may die.

With international monitoring and more trust in Afghanistan’s central bank, there is a path forward.

En Libye, l’impasse politique provoque la colère sociale.

En Libye, l’impasse politique provoque la colère sociale.

A year and a half after the ceasefire, the country is blocked, again divided between Marshal Haftar’s camp in the east and the UN-recognized government in the west. Political instability...

Who’s who in northern Syria?

Who’s who in northern Syria?

In a new escalation in Syria’s civil war, military operations were launched in northern Syria near the border. Here’s what you need to know about the many actors in the...

The last rebel stronghold: Syrians at the border wait war’s bitter end

The last rebel stronghold: Syrians at the border wait war’s bitter end

Fires have laid waste to entire fields before the harvest season, destroying essentials crops such as wheat and barley. Agriculture is being destroyed across Syria, some of the heaviest losses...

UN says over 50 healthcare sites hit in four-month Syria offensive

UN says over 50 healthcare sites hit in four-month Syria offensive

The UN says a total of 51 medical facilities – such as hospitals, ambulance points and clinics – have been damaged as a result of attacks since the offensive began....

Au PK5, le poumon de la Centrafrique recommence à respirer

Au PK5, le poumon de la Centrafrique recommence à respirer

Un sentiment d’exclusion basé sur des faits réels. Le groupe de recherche Impact-Initiatives, basé à Genève, a publié en mai 2019 un rapport très détaillé qui pointe les lacunes dans...

Should humanitarians support returns in a country still reeling from war?

Should humanitarians support returns in a country still reeling from war?

According to recent data from REACH, a humanitarian research initiative, more than half of people recorded as coming back from Sudan through Renk in Upper Nile went to live in...

9 ways to create a more evidence-based humanitarian response

9 ways to create a more evidence-based humanitarian response

In South Sudan aid groups have started pushing for a more evidence-based response. Here’s what IOM, REACH, and other experts say are the ingredients for successful collection and use of...

Humanitarian organizations push evidence-based response in South Sudan

Humanitarian organizations push evidence-based response in South Sudan

Having operated in the country since 2012, REACH collects multisector data focused on populations’ needs and movement dynamics, among other factors. In 2016, as a response to the deteriorating situation...

As crops burn in Syria conflict zone, hunger warnings for civilians

As crops burn in Syria conflict zone, hunger warnings for civilians

“With the harvest season approaching, this will have a huge impact on this year’s crop yield in northwest Syria,” said Nanki Chawla, Syria country coordinator for REACH.

Ebola spread, CAR attack, and the children of the Islamic State: The Weekly Cheat Sheet

Ebola spread, CAR attack, and the children of the Islamic State: The Weekly Cheat Sheet

An assessment by the humanitarian research group REACH in the partly rebel-held provinces anticipates that figure will swell to 450,000 by the end of the month, with “long-term consequences for...

As Turkey and Russia pull the strings in Syria’s Idlib, civilians pay the price

As Turkey and Russia pull the strings in Syria’s Idlib, civilians pay the price

A recent survey by REACH, a UN-backed initiative for humanitarian reporting, cites local estimates that the southern part of the opposition-controlled enclave may hold as many as 620,000 inhabitants, 140,000...

UK keeps limits on cash aid in Syria over counter-terror fears

UK keeps limits on cash aid in Syria over counter-terror fears

About 120,000 people are displaced and living in the largest camps across northeastern Syria, which is controlled by US-backed Kurdish forces, according to an estimate from humanitarian data initiative REACH.

Somalis ‘unwilling’ to leave Dadaab camp

Somalis ‘unwilling’ to leave Dadaab camp

Views of Somalis currently living in the camps were gauged in a survey newly released by the Norwegian Refugee Council, along with a UN-related organisation known as REACH.

REACH voices concern over Libya’s Derna returnees

REACH voices concern over Libya’s Derna returnees

REACH said in a report that there are restrictions on freedom of movement in Derna, saying that most of the displaced people had used their own resources to find adequate...

Le Donbass, terrain miné

Le Donbass, terrain miné

REACH’s work in Ukraine featured in a map by Le Monde

No plan for Mosul – chaos and neglect slow Iraqi city’s recovery

No plan for Mosul – chaos and neglect slow Iraqi city’s recovery

Nearly 2 million Iraqis are still displaced by the fight against IS, according to a survey by REACH, a non-governmental organisation.

Libyassa siirtolaiset viettävät jopa kuukausia varastoissa epäinhimillisissä oloissa – Rajavalvonta on siirtänyt ongelman mereltä maalle

Libyassa siirtolaiset viettävät jopa kuukausia varastoissa epäinhimillisissä oloissa – Rajavalvonta on siirtänyt ongelman mereltä maalle

Siirtolaisten tilanne Libyassa ei ole kuitenkaan vuodessa helpottunut, kertoo siirtolaisuustutkija Diana Ihring humanitaarista tietoa tuottavasta tutkimusjärjestöstä REACH:stä.

Turkey, Assad offensives bring new displacement crisis in Syria

Turkey, Assad offensives bring new displacement crisis in Syria

“IDPs are being displaced into already over-stretched camps, informal settlements, and host communities,” Nanki Chawla, Syria assessment manager at the UN-backed research initiative REACH, told IRIN.

See the ingenious toys made by refugee children

See the ingenious toys made by refugee children

REACH’s Gap Analysis factsheet for Bidi Bidi settlement featured in the See the ingenious toys made by refugee children piece by National Geographic These kids would have been the first...

‘Basics’ won’t do: A response to Marc DuBois’ ‘new humanitarian basics’

‘Basics’ won’t do: A response to Marc DuBois’ ‘new humanitarian basics’

As REACH reported, IDPs in north-eastern Nigeria were critical of their high dependency on humanitarian aid

Mapping the rapid-onset emergency in Cox’s Bazar

Mapping the rapid-onset emergency in Cox’s Bazar

The military’s response rapidly escalated into a crackdown. By the end of October, over 700,000 Rohingya had fled Rakhine. REACH arrived in Cox’s Bazar in September, less than a month...

Living memory of famine in South Sudan: using local knowledge to inform famine early warning

Living memory of famine in South Sudan: using local knowledge to inform famine early warning

Humanitarian access remains severely constrained in many of the most at-risk areas of South Sudan. Given this difficult operating environment, and with an eye on the 2018 lean season –...

Libya’s liquidity crisis poses risk for migrants and refugees

Libya’s liquidity crisis poses risk for migrants and refugees

While the liquidity crisis in Libya has affected the entire population, the researchers found that the situation has affected migrants and refugees more so than natives.

Syrie: les enjeux d’une bataille décisive autour de l’enclave d’Idlib

Syrie: les enjeux d’une bataille décisive autour de l’enclave d’Idlib

Depuis le début de la guerre, Idlib fait office de réservoir du régime pour drainer des populations irréconciliables et hostiles.

Syrien nach dem Krieg: Der Wiederaufbau – eine Jahrhundertaufgabe

Syrien nach dem Krieg: Der Wiederaufbau – eine Jahrhundertaufgabe

Während das Zentrum der syrischen Hauptstadt kaum in Mitleidenschaft gezogen wurde zeigen sich schwere Zerstörungen in den Vororten, die von Rebellen gehalten wurden.

Idlib, last resort for more than one million displaced Syrians 

Idlib, last resort for more than one million displaced Syrians 

Scattered across the strategically crucial northwestern province of Idlib, around 1.4 million displaced civilians are currently hunkered down in anticipation of a massive pro-government assault that is widely expected to...

Launching phase 2 of the Migration Emergency Response Fund

Launching phase 2 of the Migration Emergency Response Fund

The work of REACH highlighted in a blog post of the START Network. More context analysis and informed decision making With the MERF covering some difficult contexts, such as Algeria...

 Special Report – Destination Europe: Desperation

 Special Report – Destination Europe: Desperation

A recent report by the research initiative REACH found that, since the beginning of 2017, there has been a diversification of the routes that people take to arrive in Libya.

Constraints and Complexities of Information and Analysis in Humanitarian Emergencies Evidence from South Sudan 

Constraints and Complexities of Information and Analysis in Humanitarian Emergencies Evidence from South Sudan 

In many cases, information from the REACH project is the best information there is on the conditions of populations on the move, but this is qualitative information that is difficult...

Deterrents turned detention – The impact of EU migration measures on migrants in Libya

Deterrents turned detention – The impact of EU migration measures on migrants in Libya

In a recent study conducted by REACH in Libya, we found a nuanced picture of the impact of EU migration measures on the migration routes and trends.

Race Against the Rain

Race Against the Rain

It’s a race against time. There is no workable evacuation plan. If the refugees can’t move to safer ground, aid groups say, thousands may die from floods, landslides and disease.

A lost generation: No education, no dreams for Rohingya refugee children

A lost generation: No education, no dreams for Rohingya refugee children

Aid groups have set up makeshift “learning centres” in Bangladeshi camps, but Rohingya parents say proper schools are needed

EU policies ‘led to increase in Libya trafficking routes’

EU policies ‘led to increase in Libya trafficking routes’

Migration policies implemented by the EU in Libya since the beginning of 2017 have led to an increase in trafficking routes to the country and inside of it, a new...

Libia: l’impatto delle politiche europee del 2017 sui flussi migratori

Libia: l’impatto delle politiche europee del 2017 sui flussi migratori

Le politiche migratorie attuate dall’Unione Europea in Libia dall’inizio del 2017 hanno prodotto un aumento nel numero delle reti di trafficanti in Libia e nel Mediterraneo.

Politiche Ue portato ‘aumento rotte trafficanti Libia’

Politiche Ue portato ‘aumento rotte trafficanti Libia’

REACH’s Mixed migration routes and dynamics in Libya Report in Politiche Ue portato ‘aumentorottetrafficanti Libia’ in Ansa Med 23 May 2018

Eastern Ghouta Syria: The neighbourhoods below the bombs

Eastern Ghouta Syria: The neighbourhoods below the bombs

Syria’s capital, Damascus, is on the verge of falling after a six-week-long government offensive that has reportedly killed more than 1,700 civilians.

Rohingya Refugee Emergency at a Glance

Rohingya Refugee Emergency at a Glance

75% of the Rohingya refugees who fled during the latest crisis arrived in September 2017. Although the rate of arrival has significantly decreased, the steady inflow has created the world’s...

Что беспокоит Донбасс: озвучены данные инициативы REACH

Что беспокоит Донбасс: озвучены данные инициативы REACH

REACH’s work in Ukrine in Что беспокоит Донбасс: озвучены данные инициативы REACH in Donbass UA 17 March 2018

Pressure builds in ‘powderkeg’ Kabul as refugees return home

Pressure builds in ‘powderkeg’ Kabul as refugees return home

REACH’s Kabul Informal Settlement Profiling in Pressure builds in ‘powderkeg’ Kabul as refugees return home in The Guardian Unlike the optimistic vigour of Shukour and his neighbours, the inhabitants of the Charahi Qambar camp...

La Ghouta orientale, un jardin d’éden devenu cauchemar d’un peuple

La Ghouta orientale, un jardin d’éden devenu cauchemar d’un peuple

La Ghouta orientale, un jardin d’éden devenu cauchemar d’un peuple

How to declare a famine: A primer from South Sudan

How to declare a famine: A primer from South Sudan

Understanding the complexities of food security analysis in South Sudan, where more than seven million people are at risk of starvation.

Trapped in eastern Ghouta: How both sides are preventing civilians escaping the horror in Syria siege 

Trapped in eastern Ghouta: How both sides are preventing civilians escaping the horror in Syria siege 

What does emerge is that the armed opposition groups in Eastern Ghouta as well as the government have been stopping people leaving. This is confirmed by a UN-backed report called...

Understanding Eastern Ghouta in Syria

Understanding Eastern Ghouta in Syria

REACH’s Eastern Ghouta Situation Overview, Rural Damascus, Syria – January 2018 in Understanding Eastern Ghouta in Syria in IRIN News Recent World Food Programme reporting indicates that prices in the enclave have grown by 140...

Bombs continue to pound eastern Ghouta as UN pleads for ceasefir

Bombs continue to pound eastern Ghouta as UN pleads for ceasefir

More than 335 have been killed in Syrian rebel enclave, with 13 civilians dying in latest strikes

Syria war: Families struggle to survive in Eastern Ghouta, under siege

Syria war: Families struggle to survive in Eastern Ghouta, under siege

But last year, the government closed many tunnels and limited trade. From September until the end of November, no commercial vehicles were permitted to enter the Eastern Ghouta at all, according...

Ghouta residents at breaking point: REACH

Ghouta residents at breaking point: REACH

A new report released Friday details the “critical” humanitarian risks facing those in Eastern Ghouta, as civilians say they are at breaking point after the latest wave of fierce airstrikes...

La violence à la maison pousse les enfants à émigrer

La violence à la maison pousse les enfants à émigrer

Près de 34 000 mineurs non accompagnés sont arrivés, l’an dernier, en Europe. Originaires du Proche-Orient et d’Afrique, ils sont prêts à tout pour quitter leur pays.

Une étude bouleverse les idées reçues sur les mineurs africains qui migrent en Europe

Une étude bouleverse les idées reçues sur les mineurs africains qui migrent en Europe

Selon le réseau Reach, la majorité des jeunes migrants ont pris leur décision seuls, pour fuir des violences et avec l’objectif initial de rejoindre un pays voisin.

Hardening European policies keep refugee children apart from their families

Hardening European policies keep refugee children apart from their families

“We found that people’s awareness of policies affecting migration – such as who is eligible for family reunification – was relatively high, but that their understanding of how these policies worked...

Syria conflict: Life under siege in rebel-held Aleppo

Syria conflict: Life under siege in rebel-held Aleppo

Aleppo was once a place of culture and commerce, with a jewel of an old city that was on Unesco’s list of world heritage sites.