Ivorians return home ahead of their refugee status coming to an end
Repatriations are accelerating as UNHCR recommends an end to refugee status for the vast majority of Ivorians. By Selim Meddeb in Toulepleu Brice Kouewon, 34, has spent a third of his life as a refugee in Liberia. He first left Côte d’Ivoire for over a decade with...
‘Political will’ needed to safeguard 82.4 million displaced – UNHCR protection chief
‘Urgent global collaboration’ is required to put agreed protection principles into practice, Gillian Triggs tells high-level gathering. By UNHCR Staff GENEVA – Governments must boost cooperation and redouble efforts if solutions for the millions of people uprooted by...
UNHCR recommends the cessation of refugee status for Ivorians
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has recommended that States hosting Ivorian refugees end their refugee status and facilitate their voluntary repatriation, reintegration, or acquisition of permanent residency or naturalization for those wishing to remain in host...
Joint Statement by IGAD, UNHCR and the governments of South Sudan and Sudan on the Solutions Initiative for 7 million forcibly displaced people
Geneva – Today, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, co-hosted a special high-level information sharing session of the IGAD Support Platform on the Solutions Initiative for the displacement situation in South Sudan...
News comment by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on solutions for millions of forcibly displaced people from Sudan and South Sudan
Today, I welcome the progress made by the governments of Sudan and South Sudan to find long-term solutions for 7 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) in and from both countries. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD, and the UN...
2021 Nansen Refugee Award celebrates ‘bravery and dedication’ of Yemeni aid group
The Jeel Albena aid organization stayed on the ground during the worst of Yemen’s six-year conflict to provide shelter and hope to thousands of internally displaced people. By UNHCR Staff The co-founder of a Yemeni humanitarian organization whose team stayed on the...
UNHCR’s Grandi: Greater international cooperation needed to ‘solve multiple crises’
Only ‘robust conflict resolution efforts’ will prevent global displacement topping 100 million, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi tells high-level meeting. GENEVA – The number of forcibly displaced people worldwide will top 100 million without greater...
UNHCR winter assistance provides Syrian refugees comfort from the cold
Amira and her family received life-saving winter assistance. Thousands more are in urgent need of the same. As the temperatures plunge, the checklist of items needed to stay warm surges. But what if you couldn’t count on that bin stocked with scarves, toques and...