UNHCR: Refugees and displaced people need seats at COP28 table
This is a summary of what was said by Andrew Harper, Special Advisor on Climate Action to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. As COP27 today wraps in...
UN Refugee Agency calls for ban on forced returns of asylum-seekers to eastern DR Congo
This is a summary of what was said by Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released today an updated...
UN Refugee Agency warns of extreme hardship for forcibly displaced families this winter
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. Millions of people from Ukraine, Afghanistan and across the Middle East displaced by conflict...
Millions face harm from flooding across West and Central Africa, UNHCR warns
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of surging needs for more than 3.4 million displaced people and their hosts in the face of recent destructive flooding in Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon. Nigeria is facing the worst floods...
UNHCR deplores continued deportation of Myanmar asylum-seekers from Malaysia
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. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is seriously concerned over the continued deportation by...
Devastation in South Sudan following fourth year of historic floods
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urging international support for humanitarian...
Violence erupts in DR Congo’s west as nearly 30,000 flee clashes
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in the DRC, Angele Dikongue-Atangana – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by a surge of deadly...
UNHCR urgently seeks US$66 million for communities devastated by Pakistan floods
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urgently seeking US$65.8 million to help more than...