UNHCR chief urges international leaders to tackle conflicts at the root of today’s global displacement crisis
“Have we become unable to broker peace?” Grandi asks Security Council during key address on record levels of displacement. NEW YORK – Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has urged international leaders to find political solutions to the...
Up to 15,000 newly arrived Rohingya refugees stranded at border
UNHCR concerned about humanitarian conditions as the refugees await permission to move away from the border. COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about the humanitarian conditions of thousands of newly arrived refugees stranded near the...
UNHCR readies aid amid Rohingya refugee surge in Bangladesh
Smoke rises on the Myanmar side of the border, as seen from Palangkhali in Bangladesh on 5 October 2017 – four days before a fresh influx of refugees arrived via the nearby Anjumanpara border crossing. © UNHCR/Roger Arnold The UN Refugee Agency is rushing relief...