UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a lifeline for people displaced by violence, conflict and persecution—helping them survive, recover and build a better future.
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What We Do
over 211 million core aid items delivered to displaced people in 2016
Where We Work
UNHCR provides essential services to refugees in 130 countries, in 470 locations
Who We Help
million men, women and children displaced by violence, conflict and prosecution worldwide
Latest News
UNHCR appalled at news of refugee and migrant deaths on Mediterranean Sea
UNHCR is deeply saddened at emerging reports of an estimated 170 people who either died or went missing in two separate shipwrecks on the Mediterranean Sea.
Storm Norma brings misery to Syrian refugees in Lebanon
One dead and more than 11,000 affected by days of heavy rain and high winds from Storm Norma, with hundreds of refugees forced to abandon their homes.