Head of UNHCR calls for urgent response to overcrowding in Greek island reception centres, Europe to share responsibility
Athens, Greece – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged Greece to implement urgent measures to address severe overcrowding on the Greek Aegean islands and stressed the need for European solidarity, after a three-day visit to the island of Lesvos and to...
Joy and hope as Central African refugees return home
Hundreds of Central Africans head back to their homeland after years in exile in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By Clarise Neh Mokom Achu in Bangui, Central African Republic and Catherine Wachiaya in Nairobi, Kenya As a boat carrying hundreds of Central African...
UNHCR statement on the death of former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata
Former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, who led UNHCR from 1991 to 2000, passed away in Tokyo, Japan, her family has announced. “Mrs. Ogata was a visionary leader who steered UNHCR through one of the most momentous decades in its history, transforming...