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UNHCR: Geneva gathering to reaffirm solidarity and deliver new results for refugees
A key global gathering on refugee issues next week falls at a moment when reaffirming global support for refugees is essential. Asylum is increasingly politicized and undermined, humanitarian funding is shrinking, refugee rights are under pressure, and global solidarity is being tested.
UNHCR: Historic return of displaced Syrians presents opportunity and urgent challenges
The fall of the Assad regime has opened an extraordinary window of hope for peace and stability in Syria. A year on, displaced Syrians are returning to their homes – over 3 million to date – but much more international support is required if the trend is to prove lasting.
IOM, UNHCR and partners seek $763m to support migrants and refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants (R4V), co-led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for $763 million to support 1.2 million refugees and migrants across 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Early donor support tops $1 billion for 2026, but widening funding gaps leave millions at risk
Donor governments today pledged $1.161 billion to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide life-saving protection, assistance and solutions in 2026 to millions forced to flee. This is slightly above the amount pledged last year for UNHCR’s operations in 2025, which was an all-time high.
UNHCR: Nearly 100,000 displaced in recent weeks as violence spreads across northern Mozambique
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned as intensifying attacks on villages and the rapid spillover of the conflict into previously safe districts force tens of thousands of people to flee across northern Mozambique, with close to 100,000 displaced in the past fortnight alone.
UNHCR’s Grandi concludes visit to Costa Rica, hails its leadership in addressing displacement from Nicaragua
On an official visit to Costa Rica, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has reiterated UNHCR’s commitment to the protection and integration of forcibly displaced people in the region. The visit, which wrapped up late last week, took place amid ongoing displacement from Nicaragua and shifts in migration policies across the region.
UNHCR news comment: Deadly attacks in Western Ukraine show no part of country is safe
Wednesday’s devastating aerial attack on Ternopil, Western Ukraine, demonstrates clearly that no part of the country should be considered safe.
The Courage to Welcome: solidarity in a divided world
The courage to find the familiar in the foreign. That is the idea that I would like to reflect on tonight, because to work with refugees – which is what my organization does, and what I have done for many years – is to welcome the stranger.
UNHCR: Millions of refugees face winter hardships with threadbare support
As temperatures start to drop in many regions, millions of refugees and people displaced within their own countries are facing a grueling winter with far less assistance as humanitarian giving plummets, and many will be left with little to protect them from the bitter cold, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns today.
UNHCR report reveals extreme weather driving repeated displacement among conflict-affected communities
BELÉM, BRAZIL – Millions of refugees, people forced to flee, and their hosts are trapped in an increasingly vicious cycle of conflict and climate extremes, according to a new report released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The report warns that climate shocks...
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