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UNHCR chief pays tribute to ‘frontline’ aid workers
Marking World Humanitarian Day, Filippo Grandi honours staff carrying out “crucial work” to aid those in need in “some in the world’s most dangerous places”
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Two months on, fear and squalor prevail in DRC’s Ituri Province
Two months on since violence forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern province of Ituri
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Humanitarian Profile: A day in the life of Yumiko Takashima
Humanitarian aid worker, Yumiko Takashima is the Head of Office for UNHCR’s office in Aleppo, Syria – over 8,700 kilometres away from her native Tokyo.
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Statement from Santiago, Chile, by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
Filippo Grandi's visit to Chile – the first by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees – comes amidst the largest population movements in Latin America’s recent history
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UNHCR urges Europe to allow 507 rescued passengers to disembark
UNHCR is calling on European governments to allow the disembarkation of 507 people recently rescued on the Mediterranean who remain stranded at sea.
read moreGillian Triggs appointed UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
UNHCR is calling on European governments to allow the disembarkation of 507 people recently rescued on the Mediterranean who remain stranded at sea.
read moreAmidst escalating violence in Mali, UNHCR issues new protection guidelines
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has welcomed the appointment of Ms. Gillian Triggs as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection to oversee the agency’s international protection work.
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More than half a million Rohingya refugees receive identity documents, most for the first time
In light of the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in Mali, UNHCR is urging States to provide protection to people fleeing conflict-affected areas.
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Indigenous people from Venezuela seek safety across the border in Brazil
More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been registered in a joint registration exercise by the Bangladesh authorities and UNHCR
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Colombia acts to ensure children born to Venezuelan parents are not left stateless
After violence broke out in their native Venezuela, hundreds of members of the Pemon indigenous group fled to a village across the border in Brazil
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