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Middle East crisis declared 'major humanitarian emergency': UN

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06-03-2026 | 06:16

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Middle East crisis declared 'major humanitarian emergency': UN

The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday it had declared the crisis in the Middle East a major humanitarian emergency, stressing the need for an immediate response.

"UNHCR has declared the escalating crisis in the Middle East as a major humanitarian emergency requiring an immediate response across the region," Ayaki Ito, the agency's emergency chief and its cross-regional refugee coordinator, told reporters in Geneva.

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