Displaced families in Lebanon yearn for peace and a return home
In Lebanon, UNHCR’s Grandi urges increased international support and an immediate ceasefire to ease the plight of some 1.2 million people displaced by deadly airstrikes By Dalal Harb and Houssam Hariri At a school in the Burj Hammoud neighbourhood of the Lebanese...
Keynote address at the Refugee Law Initiative Annual Conference, 3 June 2024 (Conference theme: ‘Pacts, promises and refugee protection’)
‘Reinforcing rights and legal principles in the face of global challenges: the Global Compact on Refugees’ By Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection I. Introduction Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished colleagues, and esteemed guests, It is...
UNHCR: As crisis deepens in Lebanon, more flee to Syria and beyond to escape bombs
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Rula Amin – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – Intensifying airstrikes have forced yet more people from their homes in Lebanon in...
UNHCR calls for continued international solidarity to address displacement and insecurity in Haiti
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for increased and urgent attention, support, and solutions for Haitians affected by violence and insecurity, including those who have been forcibly displaced. UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf...
Lebanese and Syrians suffer loss and displacement amid surging attacks
Recent intensified attacks across Lebanon are having devastating consequences for Lebanese and refugees living in the country By UNHCR staff Since a deadly escalation of the conflict in Lebanon began just over a week ago, the Government estimates that more than 1...
UNHCR sounds alarm on worsening humanitarian situation in the DR Congo
GOMA – Prolonged conflict, serious human rights abuses and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law are unleashing grave suffering on internally displaced Congolese and refugees, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned today. The warning follows a...
UNHCR steps up to support displaced from Lebanon crossing into Syria
This is a summary of what was said by Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, UNHCR Representative in Syria – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. He was speaking from the Syria-Lebanon border. In the last 72...
UNHCR issues latest guidance against penalization of asylum-seekers for irregular entry
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – 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 issued its latest legal guidance today on the way States should...