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Middle East war's impact on shipping hitting refugee aid: UNCHR
UNHCR said shipping rates from India, Pakistan and China have risen nearly 18% as rerouted cargo and port congestion slow deliveries.
- On Friday, the UN refugee agency reported that the Iran war has sent freight rates soaring, hindering the delivery of essential aid to refugees across Africa and the wider region.
- The Iran war began February 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes; Tehran retaliated by attacking Gulf infrastructure and restricting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting vital trade routes.
- Shipping rates from India, Pakistan, and China have shot up by nearly 18%, while transport costs for relief items from Dubai to Sudan and Chad have doubled to $1.87 million.
- Rerouting shipments around the Cape of Good Hope adds up to 25 days to delivery times, which spokeswoman Carlotta Wolf said risks reducing the scale and speed of assistance to vulnerable populations.
- With only 23% of its $8.5 billion annual budget funded, UNHCR warns that prolonged disruption and higher fuel costs will likely constrain humanitarian operations further, impacting vulnerable refugees worldwide.
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Soaring sea freight rates, port congestion, delivery delays: the war in the Middle East is disrupting the delivery of aid to refugees in Africa.
The crisis in the Middle East has far-reaching repercussions in the world, with negative consequences for global humanitarian supply chains and the delivery of aid. The peaks in transport costs and freight disruptions force the United Nations Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) to adapt its delivery strategy. The situation in Africa is of particular concern, this continent suffers from many crises, often neglected according to UNHCR and which generate d…
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