UNHCR issues urgent appeal to stop forced returns of Myanmar nationals
This news comment is attributable to Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urgently appealing to countries in the region to immediately stop forced returns of Myanmar nationals seeking safety from serious...
UNHCR celebrates DAFI’s 30 years of refugee scholarship support, calling for more investment in education
Geneva – For the last 30 years, the German-backed DAFI scholarship programme has helped transform the lives and prospects of numerous young displaced people, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today as it urged more investment in access to higher education for...
Three quarters of refugees and migrants from Venezuela struggle to access basic services in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Joint UNHCR/IOM Press Release Some 4.3 million refugees and migrants from Venezuela face challenges accessing food, housing and stable employment, a recent assessment concludes. Despite the progress achieved through various regularization and documentation...
UNHCR’s Grandi: Political inaction deepening displacement crisis
Failure to find peace and address conflict, climate change and other crises is increasing hardship and driving new displacement, as funding limits UNHCR’s capacity to respond GENEVA – Governments’ inability to prevent conflict and tackle crises including COVID-19,...
Angela Merkel to receive UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that Dr. Angela Merkel, the former Federal Chancellor of Germany, will receive the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. Each year, the award – named after the Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian...
Nearly 1 million people have fled five years of northern Mozambique violence
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva This week marks five years since extreme violence erupted in northern Mozambique’s...
Nearly 6,000 Congolese refugees return home from Zambia with UNHCR support
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with the governments of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Renewed as UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Grandi will keep striving for solutions
GENEVA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has welcomed the renewal of his mandate by the UN General Assembly, saying he was “humbled” by the decision. On Monday, the UN General Assembly renewed the mandate for a further two and a half...