New U.S. rules regarding refugee resettlement
UNHCR underscores humanitarian imperative for refugees as new U.S. rules announced In light of today’s Executive Order regarding U.S. refugee resettlement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, underscores that refugees are ordinary people forced to flee war, violence and...
Bittersweet hope for struggling Syrian family
Father of three from Homs says resettlement from Jordan to U.S. will provide a future for his children, despite pain of leaving loved ones behind. By: Charlie Dunmore and Dalal Mouawad IRBID, Jordan – As he packed his family’s belongings into four large suitcases just...
UN refugee chief calls for accelerated assistance for Aleppo
Expressing shock at the scale of the devastation in Aleppo, Filippo Grandi, the head of the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR today called for accelerated and immediate humanitarian assistance for millions of people trying to rebuild war-shattered lives in Syria. Shocked by...