Surging violence in Nigeria drives displacement to Niger
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at surging violence in north-west Nigeria...
UNHCR to relocate thousands of Central African refugees to safer locations
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working to relocate thousands of Central African...
UNHCR seeks urgent access to detained asylum-seekers in Tanzania
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by a series of messages of distress it has been receiving from a group of 10 asylum–seekers currently in a detention facility in Mutukula, in northwestern Tanzania. The asylum-seekers have expressed fears for their...
UNHCR seeks US$164 million for displaced Central Africans
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today launched a US$164 million appeal to provide...
Displaced Yemenis flee clashes, face imminent risk of hunger
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Amid intensified clashes in Yemen’s Marib region UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is...
Education for all refugee children is within reach – finds World Bank-UNHCR report
GENEVA/WASHINGTON – The average annual cost of educating refugees is less than 5 percent of public education expenditure in developing nations hosting 85 percent of the world’s refugees, according to a joint World Bank – UNHCR report released today. The principle of...
British Hollywood actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw named UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the appointment of British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw as its newest global Goodwill Ambassador. Gugu has been working as a High-Profile Supporter for UNHCR since 2018 and is a powerful advocate for the rights of refugees. “I’m...
UN agencies begin processing at Matamoros
MATAMOROS, Mexico – UN agencies today will begin to prepare individuals and families in the informal camp in Matamoros, Mexico for entry to the United States in line with the U.S. plan to terminate a policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) that forced...