As humanitarian needs skyrocket in Sudan and the region, UN-backed event raises nearly US$1.5 billion
As the conflict in Sudan fuels a humanitarian catastrophe in the country and a refugee crisis beyond its borders, donors at a United Nations-backed event today announced nearly US$1.5 billion to fund life-saving relief efforts in Sudan and the region and called on...
UNHCR and IOM call for decisive action following Mediterranean tragedy
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea following the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean, the worst in several years. While the number of people...
UNHCR: Heightened risks, violations and sexual violence reported by civilians fleeing Sudan
The following statement is attributed to Gillian Triggs, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection. Civilians in Sudan continue to face a litany of human rights violations, abuses and sexual violence. This is according to the findings of a new Protection...
UNHCR calls for concerted action as forced displacement hits new record in 2022
Canada leads on refugee resettlement as a record increase in global forced displacement heightens urgency of protecting the right to seek asylum OTTAWA, 14 June 2023 – Canada has cemented its position as the world leader in refugee resettlement amidst a record surge...
Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality laws
Geneva — Leaders from governments, civil society and United Nations agencies convened in Geneva today at a Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, calling for expedited action to end gender-based discrimination in nationality laws that deny people the...
UNHCR deplores brutal attacks on displaced people in DR Congo
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is shocked by the latest in a series of callous attacks on forcibly displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by non-state armed groups. These brutal acts of violence have resulted in the loss of innocent lives and...
European statelessness conference pushes for concrete action and commitments to resolve statelessness in Europe
MADRID – In the lead up to this year’s Global Refugee Forum in December, and in the penultimate year of the decade-long #IBelong Campaign to end statelessness, representatives from governments, civil society, NGOs, stateless activists, refugee communities,...
Funding gap hampers response to critical needs of Somali refugees in Ethiopia
GENEVA – Ethiopia is facing multiple emergencies amid critical levels of underfunding. With new and ongoing displacements and suffering caused by ravaging droughts, the East African country is struggling to keep up with the ever-growing needs of displaced people...