Despite funding cuts, UNHCR responded to multiple complex emergencies last year
GENEVA – Even as severe funding cuts put further pressure on humanitarian resources, UNHCR responded last year to a range of highly complex new emergencies as well as intensifying protracted crises that forced millions of people from their homes, according to UNHCR’s...
In Chad, UNHCR’s Salih calls for urgent refugee support to save and rebuild lives
N’DJAMENA – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih, today underscored the need for urgent humanitarian assistance and protection for people fleeing the brutal war in Sudan, and for greater support for refugees to rebuild their lives with dignity....
In Kenya, UNHCR’s Salih urges greater solidarity and solutions for refugees
NAIROBI – On his first official visit as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih today called for stronger global support to develop the solutions refugees need to rebuild their lives. Speaking in Nairobi after visiting Kakuma municipality in...
Grandi welcomes election of Barham Salih as UN High Commissioner for Refugees
GENEVA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today welcomed the election by the General Assembly in New York of former President of Iraq Barham Salih as his successor to lead UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The incoming High Commissioner was...
UNHCR: Global refugee gathering ends with substantial new solidarity pledges
GENEVA – Over 30 new pledges were made at the second Global Refugee Forum Progress Review, which concluded today after three days of collaboration that reaffirmed international solidarity and commitment to improving the lives of refugees and the communities that host...
UNHCR Nansen Award winners show compassion for refugees is alive and well
GENEVA – Four extraordinary individuals and a front-line national organization, who have demonstrated inspirational courage and compassion by helping those forced to flee, have won this year’s prestigious Nansen Refugee Award from UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
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...