UNHCR provides emergency life-support assistance to refugees, including housing and access to life-support essentials, like cookware, sanitary items, household goods, food and other essentials during the immediate aftermath of humanitarian crises that cause people to cross borders to seek refuge (including natural disasters and complex emergencies).
When emergencies become protracted, and refugees are unable to return to their countries of origin, UNHCR provides assistance so they can obtain identity cards, employment and training skills, re-settlement services, educational support, and other types of assistance.