Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on Afghanistan
The people of Afghanistan need our support now more than ever. Our organizations are committed to helping and protecting them. We will stay in Afghanistan and we will deliver. At the start of 2021, half the population of Afghanistan – including more than 4 million...
UNHCR report: Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, facing deadlier journeys in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, revealed today that 2020 was the deadliest year on record for refugee journeys in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Over the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted many States in Southeast Asia to tighten their borders, leading to the...
Another boat tragedy off North Africa’s Atlantic coast stark reminder of perilous sea journeys
Joint UNHCR/IOM Press Release The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, say the deaths of 47 people who were onboard a boat heading to the Canary Islands from North Africa’s Atlantic coast highlight the urgent need for more...
‘We’ve found peace, stability and quality of life’
Venezuelan refugee mothers start over in northern Mexico. By Tim Gaynor in Tijuana, Mexico Grandmother Magdalena* recalls the despair she felt when she fled Venezuela at age 60. Escaping insecurity, political turmoil and widespread shortages, she sought refuge in...
Displaced Somalis and refugees struggle to recover as climate change brings new threats
Communities across Somalia are facing disaster upon disaster with little time or resources to recover in between. It has been over seven years since Ayan Muude Adawe moved to the coastal town of Bossaso in north-eastern Somalia’s Puntland region after fleeing drought...
UNHCR issues a non-return advisory for Afghanistan
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. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released yesterday a non-return advisory for...
UNHCR warns Afghanistan’s conflict taking the heaviest toll on displaced women and children
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. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the unfolding humanitarian crisis in...
UNHCR gravely concerned about systematic sexual violence in DR Congo’s Tanganyika Province
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. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about incidents of widespread and...