UN High Commissioner for Refugees starts visit to Central African Republic, welcoming home refugees
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, kicked off a three-day visit to the Central African Republic by welcoming 200 refugees newly returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a meeting with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the High...
Head of UNHCR calls for urgent response to overcrowding in Greek island reception centres, Europe to share responsibility
Athens, Greece – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged Greece to implement urgent measures to address severe overcrowding on the Greek Aegean islands and stressed the need for European solidarity, after a three-day visit to the island of Lesvos and to...
UNHCR chief urges action over conditions for asylum-seekers on Greek island
Filippo Grandi bears witness to conditions at the Moria centre on Lesvos and calls on European states to help Greece address situation. By Josie Le Blond in Lesvos, Greece Ibrahim Mohamed and his family fled Syria earlier this year when shelling destroyed their house....