On a recent visit to a camp near Atmeh, just inside Syria near the Turkish border, some 21,000 people were sheltering amid hellish conditions.

Heavy rain leaked into the tents and had turned the clay soil into thick slippery mud, raw sewage flowed between the tents. The food being distributed was insufficient and of very poor quality and large numbers of people complained of medical conditions for which they were receiving no treatment.

This article is the second in a two-part series on the development of and controversy over Corail-Cesselesse camp.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jun 19 2013 (Haiti Grassroots Watch) - Despite the unforgiving sun and its sweltering heat, Joel Monfiston is working, hammering a piece of worn plywood, watering flowers and picking the weeds out from between rocks and pebbles.

Monfiston, a 34-year-old father and husband, is one of about 10,000 people who live in what was publicised as the model settlement for the 1.3 million Haitians displaced by the January 2010 earthquake.

This article is the first in a two-part series on the development of and controversy over Corail-Cesselesse camp.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jun 19 2013 (Haiti Grassroots Watch) - Three years after its star-studded launch by President René Préval, actor Sean Penn and other Haitian and foreign dignitaries, the model “Corail-Cesselesse” camp for Haiti’s 2010 earthquake victims has helped give birth to what might become the country’s most expansive – and most expensive – slum.

Operational Update

Ongoing violence in parts of South Sudan, in particular in Jonglei, has forced thousands of people to flee their homes. In recent months, ahead of the rainy season, the ICRC has distributed aid and provided health care for people suffering the effects of the violence.

As the civil war in Syria continues to escalate, refugees are fleeing the country, in record numbers, seeking safety from the deadly violence and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian conditions. More than 1.6 million Syrians have flooded nearby countries overwhelming relief organizations and local governments and even more are displaced within the country. This situation is desperate and the growing humanitarian crisis nearing a breaking point. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees senior advisor Jana Mason, U.S.

Le Katanga toujours secoué par le choléra avec plus de 60% du total des cas rapportés en RDC

La Province du Katanga a enregistré près de deux fois plus des cas de choléra que toutes les autres provinces réunies au cours des cinq premiers mois de l’année. Selon l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), au 20 mai, le Katanga avait rapporté 10 879 cas de choléra dont 247 décès, équivalant à environ 64% du nombre total des cas rapportés en RDC et 77% du total des décès.

Burma: emergency relief for Kachin refugees – finally, after a blockade that lasted for one year

Göttingen, 17. Juni 2013

Hisyah town is located on the Homs-Damascus international highway, 60 km away from Homs Governorate. Since the beginning of crisis in Syria, Hisyah has become home to many people displaced across the country. It plays host to families from Baba amr, Khaldiyeh, Al-Nazihin, Karam Al-Zaytoon, Arjoun, Ashira, and now also Al-Qusayr villages: Saqirjah, Al-Burhaniyah, al-Muh, Abou Jouri.The estimated number of families currently living in this area is 1,700, including more than 500 families recently arrived from Al Qusayr and Gazzhal.

Selon le nouveau rapport statistique du HCR sur les tendances mondiales, les déplacements forcés n’ont jamais été aussi nombreux depuis 18 ans

Un rapport publié aujourd’hui par le HCR, le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, montre qu’il y a aujourd’hui davantage de réfugiés ou de déplacés internes qu’à tout autre moment depuis 1994(1), la crise en Syrie étant devenue un nouveau facteur majeur de déplacement forcé dans le monde.