Central African refugees return home from Cameroon after a decade in exile
As the security situation improves in some areas of the Central African Republic, UNHCR has supported more than 12,000 refugees to return home from neighbouring countries this year By Lalla Sy in Timangolo refugee camp, Cameroon The atmosphere in the Timangolo refugee...
UNHCR calls for urgent help for 228,000 flood-affected people in West Africa
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urgently appealing for $10.6 million to address the most pressing needs of 228,000 forcibly displaced people and their host communities across West and Central Africa, where devastating climate-induced torrential rains and...
High Commissioner’s statement at the International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty, Paris
By Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees M. le Président de la République, M. le Président du Conseil des ministres, Permettez-moi de m’exprimer en anglais [Allow me to speak in English]. The disaster in Lebanon has multiple humanitarian consequences....