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’s Grandi concludes visit to Costa Rica, hails its leadership in addressing displacement from Nicaragua
SAN JOSÉ – On an official visit to Costa Rica, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has reiterated UNHCR’s commitment to the protection and integration of forcibly displaced people in the region. The visit, which wrapped up late last week, took place amid...
UNHCR: Millions of refugees face winter hardships with threadbare support
GENEVA – As temperatures start to drop in many regions, millions of refugees and people displaced within their own countries are facing a grueling winter with far less assistance as humanitarian giving plummets, and many will be left with little to protect them from...
UNHCR report reveals extreme weather driving repeated displacement among conflict-affected communities
BELÉM, BRAZIL – Millions of refugees, people forced to flee, and their hosts are trapped in an increasingly vicious cycle of conflict and climate extremes, according to a new report released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The report warns that climate shocks...
IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP urge immediate action to address escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan
GENEVA/NEW YORK/ROME/PORT SUDAN – Four United Nations agencies today called for urgent international attention on the crisis in Sudan, to address the immense suffering and growing dangers to the population. Over 900 days of brutal fighting, widespread violations of...
UNHCR welcomes Brazil’s new national policy on refugees, migrants and stateless
The new policy is a landmark step in safeguarding the rights of displaced populations and reaffirms Brazil’s leadership in human rights and humanitarian protection. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the adoption yesterday of a national policy in...