

UN Refugee Agency estimates 2.5 million people need resettlement
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. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that 2.5 million refugees worldwide will...
UNHCR calls for de-escalation as Israel-Iran strikes create humanitarian fears
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is joining the UN Secretary-General and other leaders in appealing for an urgent de-escalation in the dangerously spiralling conflict between Israel and Iran. The intensity of the attacks is already triggering population...