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High Commissioner’s opening statement to the seventy-fifth plenary session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
Good morning. This has been a year of extremes. A year of contradictions. A year of loss and of grief, without doubt, as we continue to witness conflict, violence and abuses that displace millions. Fed by the belief – no: the terrible lie – that the path to peace is found through war.
States must protect stateless refugees and asylum-seekers: UN human rights experts
The launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness is a key opportunity to accelerate efforts to eradicate statelessness. This serious global human rights issue affects millions of people who are deprived of a nationality. As a result, they face barriers in accessing services essential for realizing their human rights to education, employment, and healthcare, among others.
UNHCR: Decade of action against statelessness brings big gains but further action needed
More than half a million people around the world who were living in the shadows, deprived of their right to nationality, have now acquired citizenship since the inception a decade ago of the #IBelong campaign, according to a new report on statelessness released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
Five trailblazing women win UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Awards for their life-changing work
Five trailblazing women – a nun, an activist, a social entrepreneur, a volunteer aid worker, and an advocate for ending statelessness – will be honoured as winners of the 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
In Syria, UNHCR’s Grandi calls for greater support to those fleeing escalating conflict in Lebanon
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded an urgent visit to Syria on Tuesday to mobilize support for 250,000 people who have fled the airstrikes in Lebanon and crossed into Syria.
UNHCR’s Grandi appeals for urgent humanitarian support and an end to the bloodshed in Lebanon
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Lebanon.
Keynote address at the Refugee Law Initiative Annual Conference, 3 June 2024 (Conference theme: ‘Pacts, promises and refugee protection’)
It is a real honour and great pleasure to join you today at this 8th Annual Conference of the Refugee Law Initiative. The collective efforts of experts of your calibre in advancing refugee law and protection are indispensable in these trying times. This is a legal field in which high-quality research, critical analysis and informed debate are more important than ever.
UNHCR: As crisis deepens in Lebanon, more flee to Syria and beyond to escape bombs
To date, most displacement has been internal – with Government estimates citing 1 million people having fled inside Lebanon. Over 185,000 people – mainly Syrians and Lebanese – have fled to Syria, according to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). Israeli strikes overnight targeting the road in the no-man’s land at the key Masnaa border crossing have halted traffic, effectively closing this route for vehicles. Some of those determined to flee crossed on foot.
UNHCR calls for continued international solidarity to address displacement and insecurity in Haiti
UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf Mazou, yesterday concluded a three-day visit to Haiti, where he witnessed the devastating impact of the country’s dire security situation. Armed groups have severely restricted access to essential humanitarian aid, deepening the crisis for vulnerable communities with devastating effects for future generations.
UNHCR sounds alarm on worsening humanitarian situation in the DR Congo
Prolonged conflict, serious human rights abuses and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law are unleashing grave suffering on internally displaced Congolese and refugees, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned today.
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