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Despite funding cuts, UNHCR responded to multiple complex emergencies last year
Even as severe funding cuts put further pressure on humanitarian resources, UNHCR responded last year to a range of highly complex new emergencies as well as intensifying protracted crises that forced millions of people from their homes, according to UNHCR’s 2025 Impact Report: Response to New Emergencies and Protracted Crises, released today.
In Chad, UNHCR’s Salih calls for urgent refugee support to save and rebuild lives
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih, today underscored the need for urgent humanitarian assistance and protection for people fleeing the brutal war in Sudan, and for greater support for refugees to rebuild their lives with dignity.
In Kenya, UNHCR’s Salih urges greater solidarity and solutions for refugees
On his first official visit as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih today called for stronger global support to develop the solutions refugees need to rebuild their lives.
UNHCR: ‘We hope Canada continues to be a champion for fast, fair, and efficient asylum’
On November 18, 2025, UNHCR Canada was invited to appear before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) as part of its study of Bill C-12. Azadeh Tamjeedi, UNHCR Canada senior legal officer, presented on behalf of UNHCR. Video of...
UNHCR: Escalating violence in eastern DR Congo deepens humanitarian crisis in Burundi
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply alarmed by the worsening humanitarian situation in Burundi, which has reached a critical point following a rapid influx of refugees and asylum-seekers fleeing violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Statement by Dr. Barham Salih upon His Election as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
I am honoured to have been elected as the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. As a former refugee, I know first-hand how protection and opportunity can change the course of a life.
Grandi welcomes election of Barham Salih as UN High Commissioner for Refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today welcomed the election by the General Assembly in New York of former President of Iraq Barham Salih as his successor to lead UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
UNHCR: Global refugee gathering ends with substantial new solidarity pledges
Over 30 new pledges were made at the second Global Refugee Forum Progress Review, which concluded today after three days of collaboration that reaffirmed international solidarity and commitment to improving the lives of refugees and the communities that host them.
UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi lauds refugee champions at his final Nansen Refugee Award ceremony
Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, last night lauded four exceptional individuals and a front-line organization, in the presence of UNHCR Global Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett, for winning UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award, celebrating their courage, solidarity and leadership supporting people forced to flee.
High Commissioner’s opening speech at the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025
On 15 December 2023, exactly two years ago, the Second Global Refugee Forum came to its conclusion. It certainly felt like a different time, and yet, in thinking ahead to the next Global Refugee Forum in 2027, in my closing remarks, I cautioned that – and I quote: “Let’s not have any illusions. The road there will not be smooth. There will be interruptions and obstacles. And we will have setbacks caused by storms of all kinds.”
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