UNHCR to airlift aid to Typhoon Haiyan survivors in Philippines

The UN refugee agency announced today that it was organizing an emergency airlift to the Philippines, where an estimated 9.8 million people have been affected by last Friday’s devastating Typhoon Haiyan. UNHCR has already released supplies from its warehouse in Cotabato, Mindanao and is sending to Tacloban 1,400 protection kits and hygiene kits containing basic…