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Our frequent updates from our staff in the field, about our work, and the people we help, play an important role in keeping staff, media, the public and our donors informed.
New global recommendations help States safeguard nationality and protect stateless people amid climate crisis
A new set of global recommendations launched by UNHCR and the University of Melbourne warns that climate change is increasing the risk of statelessness worldwide and calls on governments to take urgent action to protect the right to nationality.
Escalating conflict in Yemen could fuel more displacement, refugee movement
Intensifying fighting in Yemen could drive more mass displacement, with growing numbers of people expected to flee both within Yemen and to Djibouti, Somalia and other countries, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning.
UNHCR’s Salih calls for greater investment in protection and solutions in the Central Sahel
Concluding a visit to Mali and Burkina Faso, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih urged greater investment in life-saving protection and lasting solutions for forcibly displaced people and the communities hosting them across the Central Sahel.
UNHCR: More help urgently needed as thousands arrive in Djibouti fleeing Yemen
Nearly 3,000 people have arrived in Djibouti in less than a week, making the dangerous sea crossing across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, as escalating violence forces more families to flee Yemen.
Yemen: Escalating conflict drives new displacement and refugee arrivals in Djibouti
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that rapidly escalating hostilities along Yemen’s western coast have displaced more than 100,000 people inside the country and forced thousands more to seek safety across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in Djibouti.
65 years after landmark Convention, UNHCR calls for renewed action to prevent statelessness
Sixty-five years since the conclusion of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for renewed political commitment to ensure that everyone can enjoy the right to a nationality.
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