Refugees With Disabilities Get Just 0.4% of Funding
The numbers don’t lie. Out of every £100 in development aid, just 40 pence goes toward supporting people with disabilities. For refugees with disabilities…
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Flores earthquake shelters shut out people with disabilities
A situation report on the Flores earthquake and tsunami found the centralised displacement sites were not accessible, so people with disabilities stayed near home.
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Lebanon’s disability card chaos leaves refugees stranded
Refugees with disabilities in Lebanon face a bureaucratic nightmare when trying to obtain the Personal Disability Card that unlocks essential services. The system meant…
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Bangladesh SIM ban leaves 120,000 Rohingya with disabilities cut off
Bangladesh’s government bars Rohingya refugees from owning SIM cards, leaving roughly 120,000 people with disabilities digitally stranded in overcrowded camps. This blanket restriction turns…
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German court rules mobile access fundamental right for refugees
The German Federal Constitutional Court just handed telecommunications companies a €2.3 billion wake-up call. In March, judges ruled that mobile access constitutes a fundamental…
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Colombia’s SIM card ban traps Venezuelan refugees offline
María, a 52-year-old Venezuelan refugee with cerebral palsy, holds a dead phone outside Bogotá’s immigration office. She’s been in Colombia for three years but…
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Ukraine’s Shelters Fail People with Disabilities
Nine out of ten bomb shelters across Ukraine cannot accommodate a wheelchair. As air raid sirens wail through Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro, people with…
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12.4 Million Refugees with Disabilities Face ID Document Barriers
Twelve and a half million refugees with disabilities can’t prove who they are. That’s one in seven of the world’s 82.4 million forcibly displaced…
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Rohingya Food Vouchers reduced to $6 a month as Crisis Deepens
The World Food Programme announced in March 2025 it’s slashing food vouchers for Rohingya refugees from $12.50 to just $6 per person monthly. The…
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Tigray’s 336,000 adults with disabilities cut off from digital aid
Two years without phones or internet has left 336,000 adults with conflict-related disabilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region unable to navigate the digital systems now…
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EU law demands accessible apps but exempts refugee aid tools
The European Union’s Digital Services Act mandates full accessibility compliance for commercial platforms by 2026, yet carves out exemptions for the very tools meant…
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Johns Hopkins: 84% of refugees prefer therapy by WhatsApp
Refugees with disabilities are abandoning clinic chairs for encrypted chat windows. Johns Hopkins’ 2024 Global Refugee Mental Health Study found 84% of adult refugees…
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67% of Afghan Refugees with Disabilities can’t access Pakistan’s Mobile Networks
Pakistani telecom regulations have severed mobile connectivity for two-thirds of Afghan refugees with disabilities, creating a digital barrier between 208,000 vulnerable adults and life-saving…
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