UNHCR: 5.8 million refugee children still out of school as funding cuts threaten hard-won progress
GENEVA – Nearly 6 million refugee children were out of school worldwide in 2025, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today, as deepening funding cuts threaten to shut millions more out of classrooms and reverse years of progress in refugee education. UNHCR’s latest...
Former refugee Wenyen Gabriel becomes first professional basketball player to be appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the appointment of the South Sudanese Olympian and professional basketball player Wenyen Gabriel as its newest Goodwill Ambassador. Gabriel is the first basketball player to serve as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador....
Renewed insecurity and rising displacement in South Sudan’s Jonglei put thousands at grave risk, UNHCR warns
This is a summary of what was said by Matthew Brook, UNHCR Representative in South Sudan – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that a grave...