Cash assistance helps refugee families brave harsh winter weather
Tarek Al Haddad is a field associate who works closely with refugees in the Akkar district in Northern Lebanon. He has worked for UNHCR since 2012 and has seen first-hand the vulnerability of many refugee families when facing the freezing winter in the region. Here he...
UNHCR staffers support Venezuelan refugees in crisis
Two UNHCR protection officers give frontline accounts of desperate Venezuelans As told to Fiona Irvine-Goulet Give us a brief description of what your role is in helping Venezuelan asylum seekers who have fled their country. Azadeh: Our offices are working in...
UNHCR says record high 68.5 million people forcibly displaced in 2017
In its annual Global Trends report released on June 19, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency said 68.5 million people were displaced as of the end of 2017. Among them were 16.2 million people who became displaced during 2017 itself, either for the first time or repeatedly,...