UNHCR urgently appeals for funds to reinforce health services amid mpox emergency
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, needs $21.4 million until the end of the year to urgently scale up critical response and prevention efforts for refugees in countries impacted by the mpox emergency. The appeal, launched today, aims to support 9.9 million...
Despite progress, more to be done on unlocking power of refugee education
Five years on from the launch of UNHCR’s Refugee Education Strategy 2030, this year’s refugee education report reveals that while remarkable progress has been achieved in global refugee education and enrolment, significant challenges remain, with nearly half of...
Refugee Paralympic Team leaves Paris with historic medals and lasting legacy
PARIS – Zakia Khudadadi, the Refugee Paralympic Team’s (RPT) historic first medal winner, will lead the team out of Paris as the flagbearer at the Paralympic Closing ceremony on Sunday, marking the end of a stunning Paris 2024 Paralympics. Since August 28, eight...
Scholarship programme prepares refugees to build brighter futures after graduation
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for more investment in higher education for refugees and more employment opportunities for refugee graduates to help realize their potential. In many countries, refugees continue to struggle to access higher education...
IOM, UNHCR commend Ecuador’s efforts to regularize Venezuelan refugees and migrants
GENEVA – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today praised Ecuador’s new presidential decree introducing an extraordinary regularization process for Venezuelans and their families who currently lack regular status in...
UNHCR scales up emergency aid in Alkufra, Libya, in response to Sudanese refugee influx
TRIPOLI – As a result of the worsening crisis in Sudan, an increasing number of refugees are fleeing to Libya. Some 97,000 individuals have now sought refuge in the country since the beginning of the conflict. Alkufra, a key entry point to Libya for Sudanese refugees,...
Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as final countdown begins
With three days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced today that T11 Para athletics sprinter Guillaume Junior Atangana will be the Refugee Paralympic Team’s flagbearer at Wednesday’s Opening Ceremony....
UNHCR commits to sustainable solutions to Nigeria’s forgotten displacement crisis
ABUJA/DAKAR/GENEVA – The UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) top operations and protection officials are calling attention to the plight of 3.7 million forcibly displaced people in Nigeria and the need to accelerate sustainable solutions for them. Commending the government...