UNHCR: New Global Alliance launched to consign statelessness to history
Turkmenistan becomes the latest country to announce it has resolved statelessness inside its borders GENEVA – More than 100 States, civil society organizations, stateless-led entities, academics and others have united to form a new Global Alliance to End...
UNHCR: Decade of action against statelessness brings big gains but further action needed
GENEVA – More than half a million people around the world who were living in the shadows, deprived of their right to nationality, have now acquired citizenship since the inception a decade ago of the #IBelong campaign, according to a new report on statelessness...
Five trailblazing women win UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Awards for their life-changing work
GENEVA – Five trailblazing women – a nun, an activist, a social entrepreneur, a volunteer aid worker, and an advocate for ending statelessness – will be honoured as winners of the 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This year’s global...
In Syria, UNHCR’s Grandi calls for greater support to those fleeing escalating conflict in Lebanon
DAMASCUS – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded an urgent visit to Syria on Tuesday to mobilize support for 250,000 people who have fled the airstrikes in Lebanon and crossed into Syria. Grandi visited the border crossing at Jdeidet...
UNHCR’s Grandi appeals for urgent humanitarian support and an end to the bloodshed in Lebanon
BEIRUT – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Lebanon. Two weeks of deadly Israeli airstrikes have killed hundreds and forced over a million...
UNHCR calls for continued international solidarity to address displacement and insecurity in Haiti
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for increased and urgent attention, support, and solutions for Haitians affected by violence and insecurity, including those who have been forcibly displaced. UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf...
UNHCR sounds alarm on worsening humanitarian situation in the DR Congo
GOMA – Prolonged conflict, serious human rights abuses and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law are unleashing grave suffering on internally displaced Congolese and refugees, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned today. The warning follows a...
Global community to urge action on escalating Sudan crisis at UN General Assembly
17 months of brutal conflict in Sudan have fuelled the world’s worst hunger crisis At the UN General Assembly today, the United Nations and Member States will call for stepped-up action to end the war and to fast-track the humanitarian response in Sudan and the region...