YouTube and UNHCR launch short film series to mark World Refugee Day
Refugees in Jordan, Germany, and Uganda collaborate with top YouTube Creators to bring their powerful stories to millions around the world. YouTube and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announce today the release of a new film series that showcases the creativity and...
High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi’s message on World Refugee Day
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi | 20 June 2023 On World Refugee Day, we honour the courage and hopes of the millions of people forced to flee war, violence, and persecution. This year I’m marking the occasion in Kenya, meeting refugees brimming with...
World Refugee Day 2023
World Refugee Day Art Celebration 2023 Join us on June 20th to commemorate World Refugee Day and celebrate the strength, resilience, and courage of refugees around the world through the power of art. This year, we are excited to partner with Arts Network Ottawa to...
Live blog 2022: World Refugee Day events held as displacement tops 100 million
Welcome to the World Refugee Day 2022 Live Blog, where we’ll be bringing you stories and events from around the world celebrating refugees and the countries and communities that have taken them in By UNHCR Every World Refugee Day, 20 June, UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
On World Refugee Day, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller calls for equal treatment of refugees – whoever, wherever, whenever
Stiller: ‘Protecting people forced to flee is a collective global responsibility. We have to remember this could happen to anyone, anywhere’ GENEVA – Today, on World Refugee Day 2022, Ben Stiller, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,...
High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi’s message on World Refugee Day, 20 June 2022
World Refugee Day is intended to be a celebration of the human spirit and of the fortitude of the millions of people who, despite being displaced and dispossessed, relentlessly strive to improve their lives and those of their families and communities. Yet this year we...
Live blog 2021: This World Refugee Day, we are stronger together
Welcome to the World Refugee Day 2021 live blog! This year, we are highlighting events and stories from around the world that showcase refugees as well as the countries, organizations and communities that support and welcome them. By UNHCR staff On World Refugee Day,...
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on World Refugee Day
Two days ago, we announced that an unprecedented number of people have been forced to flee their homes. More than 82.4 million men, women and children have had their worlds turned upside down by war, violence and persecution. While the rest of us spent much of the...