UNHCR calls for urgent support to sustain refugee protection and returnee reintegration in Burundi
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is renewing its call for urgent funding to scale up lifesaving aid in Burundi, warning that the country is under intensifying humanitarian pressure as it hosts over 90,000 refugees who have escaped conflict in the Democratic...
Refugees in Belfast find friendship, freedom and confidence through football
After arriving from South Sudan aged 18, Mary found purpose and support at Street Soccer – a Belfast scheme for refugees and youth – and at a centre run by the Irish Football Association. By Sarah Hayward in Belfast, United Kingdom Four years to the day since she...
UNHCR welcomes Brazil’s new national policy on refugees, migrants and stateless
The new policy is a landmark step in safeguarding the rights of displaced populations and reaffirms Brazil’s leadership in human rights and humanitarian protection. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the adoption yesterday of a national policy in...