Statement by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie in Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh
The events that unfolded in the aftermath of August 2017 showed us the best and worst of humankind that exist in our world today. In a matter of months, over 700,000 people were forced from their homes in Rakhine State into Bangladesh. A year and a half later, there...
World’s biggest refugee settlement gets biggest ever waste facility
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Oxfam have together put into service this week 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,...