News comment: UNHCR’s Grandi fears UK legislation will dramatically weaken refugee protection
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi Today, the UK Parliament approved new legislation on nationality, asylum and immigration – the Nationality and Borders Bill. The bill will become law once it receives Royal Assent. UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
UNHCR and partners call for urgent support for refugees from Ukraine and their hosts
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In response to the growing Ukrainian refugee crisis, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and...
Syrian brothers in Lebanon are a team on the football field and at home
By Manal Aoun and Houssam Hariri in Abbassiye, Lebanon Four young Syrian refugees in Lebanon work as a team to care for their brother with epilepsy, and dream of playing professional football to get him the medical treatment he needs. In the living room of the El...