Humanitarian crisis

Equivalents

Humanitární krize — Humanitäre Krise — Crisi umanitaria — Kryzys humanitarny

Related terms

• (can transform into) humanitarian catastrophe/disaster
• (can have its origins in) refugee crisis, migration crisis
• (can be accompanied by) political crisis
• (requires) humanitarian aid
• (can necessitate opening of) humanitarian corridor

Encyclopaedic information

Modern humanitarian crises – whether in Syria, South Sudan, Myanmar, Venezuela, Afghanistan or elsewhere – aren't just short-term emergencies.

Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com

Humanitarian crises tend to be long, extremely complex and difficult and therefore affect well-being and education over a long period.

Source: https://jliflc.com

Collocations

• Bad humanitarian crisis
• Great humanitarian crisis
• Big humanitarian crisis
• To worsen a humanitarian crisis

Examples

Humanitarian crisis around the world have been exacerbated by conflict, food insecurity, climate change and the ongoing impact of COVID-19.

Source: https://www.savethechildren.org

The refugees crisis is the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.

Source: https://www.savethechildren.org

Note

The examples found with the collocations “bad humanitarian crisis”, “great humanitarian crisis” and “big humanitarian crisis” show the superlative form of the adjectives “bad” (i.e. “worst”), “great” (i.e. “greatest”) and “bad” (i.e. “biggest humanitarian crisis”).