High Commissioner’s opening speech at the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025
By Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in Geneva Consigliere federale – caro Ignazio, Chère Zakia, Distinguished delegates, Colleagues and friends, On 15 December 2023, exactly two years ago, the Second Global Refugee Forum came to its conclusion. It...
UNHCR at 75 – keeping our collective promises alive
This is a summary of what was said by Ewan Watson, UNHCR’s Head of Global Communications – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. “Refugees, you are not alone.” That’s our message...
UNHCR Nansen Award winners show compassion for refugees is alive and well
GENEVA – Four extraordinary individuals and a front-line national organization, who have demonstrated inspirational courage and compassion by helping those forced to flee, have won this year’s prestigious Nansen Refugee Award from UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
UNHCR: Geneva gathering to reaffirm solidarity and deliver new results for refugees
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR’s Chief of the Global Compact on Refugees Section, Nicolas Brass – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – A key global gathering on refugee...
UNHCR: Historic return of displaced Syrians presents opportunity and urgent challenges
A year after Assad regime fell, over 3 million displaced Syrians have returned home, but greater international support is urgently needed to maintain the trend and ensure stability. DAMASCUS – The fall of the Assad regime has opened an extraordinary window of...
IOM, UNHCR and partners seek $763m to support migrants and refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean
GENEVA/PANAMA CITY – The Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants (R4V), co-led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for $763 million to support 1.2 million refugees and migrants...
Early donor support tops $1 billion for 2026, but widening funding gaps leave millions at risk
GENEVA – Donor governments today pledged $1.161 billion to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide life-saving protection, assistance and solutions in 2026 to millions forced to flee. This is slightly above the amount pledged last year for UNHCR’s operations in...
UNHCR: Nearly 100,000 displaced in recent weeks as violence spreads across northern Mozambique
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR’s Mozambique Representative Xavier Creach – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned as intensifying...