UNHCR chief urges action over conditions for asylum-seekers on Greek island
Filippo Grandi bears witness to conditions at the Moria centre on Lesvos and calls on European states to help Greece address situation. By Josie Le Blond in Lesvos, Greece Ibrahim Mohamed and his family fled Syria earlier this year when shelling destroyed their house....
UNHCR welcomes Somalia’s ratification of the Kampala Convention
Somalia’s ratification of a key convention to protect internally displaced people in Africa is a landmark achievement for the country and the African continent, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today. The African Union (AU) Convention for the Protection and...
Farming together, refugees and their hosts reap benefits
An agriculture initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is helping South Sudanese refugees and locals alike become self-reliant. By Carlinda Lopes in Biringi settlement, Democratic Republic of the Congo When Neema Amoya first arrived in the Democratic...
Third group of refugees evacuated to Rwanda from Libya with UNHCR support
More than 100 vulnerable refugees, including several babies born in detention centres in Libya, have arrived in Rwanda on a humanitarian evacuation flight organized by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The group of 116 landed at Kigali International Airport at 22:45 last...
Joy and hope as Central African refugees return home
Hundreds of Central Africans head back to their homeland after years in exile in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By Clarise Neh Mokom Achu in Bangui, Central African Republic and Catherine Wachiaya in Nairobi, Kenya As a boat carrying hundreds of Central African...
Basque community opens its doors to welcome family from Syria
Spanish volunteers help a grieving refugee family start life anew in the Basque region. By Zahra Mackaoui in Bilbao, Spain When Begoña Herrero volunteered to help a refugee family settle in her hometown in northern Spain, she did not expect it would also change her...
Thousands of Central African refugees to return home from DRC
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, on Thursday (November 21) helped hundreds of refugees...
Winter preparations for Syrian refugees and displaced in full swing
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, estimates that some 3.8 million Syrian and Iraqi...