Syria: UNHCR comment on asylum processing suspension and returns
This is a summary of remarks made by Shabia Mantoo, Global Spokesperson for UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency), at the regular UN Press Briefing in Geneva. Suspension of processing / decision making on Syrian asylum requests in a number of European states As events have...
UNHCR raises alarm on surge of new arrivals in South Sudan
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the recent surge of people...
Statement on Syria by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
Syria is at a crossroads – between peace and war, stability and lawlessness, reconstruction or further ruin. After 14 years of conflict, recent developments bring hope that the suffering of the Syrian people may finally end, and that the world’s largest forced...
A new strategy to support stabilization and integration of refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean
Joint UNHCR-IOM press release GENEVA – Over 4.5 million migrants and refugees* from Venezuela have obtained regular status in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2019, it was announced today. This was achieved thanks to the proactive measures taken...
In Spain, a survivor of gender-based violence finds her voice
Aminata Soucko survived gender-based violence including female genital mutilation and forced marriage, before setting up an association to help other refugee women By Lurdes Calvo in Valencia, Spain When Aminata Soucko arrived in Spain from Mali she was like a...
UNHCR receives record level of early funding to support refugees and displaced people as emergencies escalate
GENEVA – Donor governments pledged a record US$ 1.143 billion today to provide protection, life-saving assistance and solutions to millions of people uprooted by the increasing number of conflicts across the world, showing their support for the work of UNHCR, the UN...
Sport inspires in Kenya’s ‘cradle of Refugee Olympic Team’
Young refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma camp are harnessing the power of sports to inspire and provide hope By Charity Nzomo in Kakuma, Kenya On a recent afternoon in the outdoor sports complex at Kakuma refugee camp in northwest Kenya, Saido Omar commanded the basketball...
UNHCR warns of devastating spike in risk of gender-based violence for women and girls forced to flee
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. Across the world, more than 60 million women and girls who are forcibly displaced or...