Displaced Central Africans wait for life to begin again
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi listens to internally displaced people in Bambari and calls for a redoubled effort to help them go home. By Don Murray in Bambari, the Central African Republic The Élevage and Alternatif settlements in the city of...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees starts visit to Central African Republic, welcoming home refugees
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, kicked off a three-day visit to the Central African Republic by welcoming 200 refugees newly returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a meeting with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the High...
A joyous return for Central African refugees after years in exile
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi greets a fourth group of refugees returning to the Central African Republic. By Don Murray in Bangui, the Central African Republic It was as joyous a boat trip as they will ever take. The passengers sang cheerfully from...
UNHCR outraged at senseless attacks on humanitarians in South 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. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for increased protection for aid workers in...
Returning to ruins, displaced Iraqi farmers find help to rebuild
Displaced for two years following ISIS advance in 2014, returning Iraqis in Yathrib benefit from irrigation and home rehabilitation projects to reestablish their farms. By Charlie Dunmore and Edith Champagne in Yathrib, Iraq “When we left, the oranges on the trees...
Taking on traffickers at the world’s largest refugee site
UNHCR works closely with Bangladesh authorities to protect vulnerable Rohingya refugees from abduction and human trafficking at Kutupalong refugee settlement. By Louise Donovan in Kutupalong, Bangladesh When Sara’s* seven-year-old son Mohamed* was snatched from the...
Head of UNHCR calls for urgent response to overcrowding in Greek island reception centres, Europe to share responsibility
Athens, Greece – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged Greece to implement urgent measures to address severe overcrowding on the Greek Aegean islands and stressed the need for European solidarity, after a three-day visit to the island of Lesvos and to...
As violence spikes in DRC, UNHCR concerned for trapped civilians
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its humanitarian partners remain extremely...