UNHCR recognises Algerian Red Crescent for its support to refugees in Algeria

Algerian Red Crescent

ALGIERS – APS.dz – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday expressed its gratitude to the Algerian Red Crescent Society (ARCS) for its support to the refugees hosted in Algeria, especially the Saharawi refugees.

“UNHCR is deeply grateful to the Algerian Red Crescent for its support to refugees in Algeria throughout 2022 and, in particular, for its continued support to the humanitarian response to the Saharawi refugees in the camps,” the UNHCR-Algeria representative wrote in a letter to the ARC.

He added: “UNHCR would not have been able to achieve what it has been mandated to do without the support of the Algerian Red Crescent.

The ARCS is also to be commended for its collaboration, which has enabled UNHCR to “respond to the needs of those most in need”, and for its contribution in terms of food aid (240 tonnes), which “helped avert the crisis situation in the camps during the critical food shortage”, according to the same source.