Humanitarian crisis

Equivalents

Humanitární krize — Humanitäre Krise — Kryzys humanitarny

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

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”).