UNHCR concerned by returns from Malaysia to Myanmar amid ongoing conflict
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned by Malaysia’s recent return of 1,476 people to Myanmar amid the country’s continuing conflict and dire human rights and humanitarian situation. “We are concerned by these returns at a time when people sent back to...
UNHCR sounds the alarm as 8.3 million risk losing their lifeline
GENEVA – Continued severe funding cuts are pushing refugee support and protection structures towards breaking point in the world’s main displacement situations, forcing UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to scale back core programmes, leaving millions without the support...
Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the United Nations Security Council
By Barham Salih, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in New York Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to address the Security Council. For more than two decades, this Council has invited the High Commissioner for Refugees to brief on the global state of forced...
UNHCR: In its fourth year, Sudan conflict drives new displacement into Chad as funding falls short
This is a summary of what was said by Mamadou Dian Balde, UN Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Sudan Situation and UNHCR Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations...
Closing remarks by the High Commissioner at the high-level event commemorating 75 years of the 1951 Refugee Convention
As Delivered By Barham Salih, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in New York Excellencies, colleagues, friends, partners, This is truly an important discussion, and I thank you for the very important statements and commitments that have been made during this session....
Opening remarks by the High Commissioner at the high-level event commemorating 75 years of the 1951 Refugee Convention
As Delivered By Barham Salih, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in New York Thank you so very much. Excellencies, distinguished delegates, colleagues, refugees, partners, and friends, welcome, and thank you for joining us at this event as we mark the 75th anniversary...
New global recommendations help States safeguard nationality and protect stateless people amid climate crisis
Joint press release: UNHCR and Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne GENEVA/MELBOURNE – The impacts of climate change worldwide are increasing risks of people becoming stateless and making those already without a nationality even more...
Escalating conflict in Yemen could fuel more displacement, refugee movement
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR’s Yemen Representative Armen Yedgaryan – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Intensifying fighting in Yemen could drive more mass displacement, with...