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UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls on states to lift remaining pandemic-related asylum restrictions
More than two years on from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 20 countries across the world today still deny access to asylum for people fleeing conflict, violence, and persecution based on public health measures. Some of these countries apply exceptions for the entry of asylum seekers in an inconsistent or arbitrary manner
Ukrainian refugees find warm welcome in neighbouring Moldova
By Charlie Dunmore and Irina Odobescu in Chisinau, Moldova While many move on, Olga and her children are among 100,000 Ukrainians staying in Moldova, where people and the authorities are offering support with help from UNHCR. Olga and her husband had almost finished...
My advice to other kids as a refugee from Ukraine? Appreciate what you have
Back in Odesa, teenager Daria used to fret about schoolwork and her relationships with family and friends. After fleeing conflict, she urges others her age not to worry about the small stuff
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi’s message on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB). It is an important occasion on which to recognize people forced to flee a specific kind of persecution and discrimination – people on the run because of their sexual orientation,...
Dressing to impress gives lift to refugees in South Sudan
Amid ration cuts, more than one million items of clothing donated by retailers Gap Inc. and Hanes bring a welcome boost to refugees and hosts in South Sudan
Refugee Parliament gives a voice to people forced to flee
Refugees living in Switzerland have organized a platform to advocate for their rights
Message from the United Nations humanitarian, refugee, and development chiefs on the situation in Syria and the region
Statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Achim Steiner
Religious leaders pledge to work together to end statelessness
Millions of stateless people around the world are denied a nationality. This means that they often cannot go to school, see a doctor, get a job, open a bank account, buy a house or even get married. The Multi-Religious Council of Leaders committed today to strive...
Deir ez-Zor residents find help to rebuild lives from the city’s ruins
By Vivian Toumen in Deir ez-Zor, Syria After years of fighting destroyed much of eastern Syria’s largest city and displaced hundreds of thousands of residents, UNHCR is helping families get back on their feet. Standing beside their parched fields on the once fertile...
UNHCR raises alarm over Mozambique’s “invisible” crisis as climate shocks worsen displacement
This is a summary of what was said by Grainne Ohara, Director of the Division of International Protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva....
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