Ethiopian refugee numbers in Sudan cross the 40,000 mark
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The number of Ethiopian refugees streaming into eastern Sudan has now surpassed 40,000...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns of grave consequences if world looks away from Afghanistan, reiterates importance of finding solutions to Afghan displacement
At the conclusion of a five-day visit to Afghanistan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has urged the international community to remain committed to the country at this critical juncture, and called for greater support for Afghan refugees,...
Urgent support needed to help Ethiopian refugees reaching Sudan
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. As the numbers of people fleeing Ethiopia’s Tigray region for eastern Sudan now exceed...
Life-saving evacuations from Libya to Rwanda resume after nearly a year
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – 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 evacuated yesterday evening (Thursday 19 Nov) a group...
Asylum seekers tell of relief as they leave Libya for Rwanda
As life-saving evacuation flights to Rwanda resume after nearly a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19, vulnerable asylum seekers put their ordeals in Libya behind them. By Caroline Gluck in Tripoli, Libya Wrapped in a white headscarf and keeping her six-year-old son...
‘Leave no one behind’ in national health plans – UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations
Addressing this year’s High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection, Raouf Mazou, shines a spotlight on the need for inclusion when it comes to health policies. By UNHCR staff The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need to include refugees and displaced people in...
UNHCR warns 2020 risks lowest resettlement levels in recent history
2020 will be a record low for refugee resettlement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns today. “We are dealing with a disappointingly low resettlement ceiling to begin with – a quota of less than 50,000 for the entire year – and this was further impacted...
‘It was a very emotional moment … I felt that now I definitely exist’
After a lifetime of statelessness, Linda finally gained Russian citizenship in 2018. But hundreds of thousands of others across Europe still struggle to attain that basic right. By Dinara Galakhova in Moscow Linda’s life in Russia shows what it means to overcome...