Refugee athletes’ epic journey toward Tokyo Games dramatized in new video
The Journey’ depicts a refugee’s path from conflict to international competition, revealing the power of sport to change the lives of forcibly displaced people everywhere. By UNHCR Staff What does it feel like to run for your life? A new video released today by UNHCR,...
UNHCR releases powerful social video in support of Refugee Olympic and Paralympic teams
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today launched a powerful social media campaign calling for the world to support the Refugee Olympic and Paralympic Teams. At the centre of the global campaign is ‘The Journey’ – a social video dramatically depicting the extraordinary...
Fresh start for Malian refugees in Burkina Faso as camp reopens
The Goudoubo camp, empty after violence forced residents out, now bustles as schools and healthcare centres rebuild and businesses reopen. By Moussa Bougma Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO – When Aissata, a 29-year-old mother of three, fled violence in her home country of...
News Comment: Six refugees among 137 killed in Niger’s recent attack
This news comment is attributable to Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection. We are deeply saddened by the latest reports confirming that six Malian refugees were among 137 people killed on 21 March in Niger’s western region of Tahoua, near...
News comment: UNHCR calls on Myanmar’s neighbours to protect people fleeing violence
This news comment is attributable to Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appalled by the escalating violence in Myanmar and the resulting human suffering and displacement this is causing. We are shocked...
Pandemic deepens hunger for displaced people the world over
With COVID-19 lockdowns depriving many of jobs and income, increasing numbers of refugees and asylum-seekers are going hungry. By Jenny Barchfield By the time Kimberly Virguez finally took the wrenching choice to leave her native Venezuela, widespread food shortages...
Women struggle to get by as Yemen conflict hits six-year mark
As the world’s worst humanitarian crisis rages on, women and children make up three-quarters of the four million people forced from their homes, putting them at greater risk. By Jean-Nicolas Beuze in Hudaydah, Yemen On a small patch of land on the outskirts of...
Serbia vaccinates refugees against COVID-19
Serbia is including refugees and asylum-seekers in its national vaccination rollout, with support from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. By Mirjana Milenkovski in Belgrade Serbia has commenced COVID-19 vaccinations for refugees and asylum seekers. On Friday, 53 people at...