he critical needs of 1.2 million mostly Rohingya refugees in south-eastern Bangladesh were top of the agenda for a fact-finding mission to the region
Future of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh ‘hangs in the balance’ – UNHCR chief
Another 170 migrants disappear in shipwrecks, UN agency reiterates call for an end to Mediterranean tragedy
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, stated on Saturday that “no effort should be spared” in saving lives at sea, following reports of two new sh...
UN refugee agency presses States to aid 49 refugees stranded on Mediterranean
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), on the last day of 2018, called on UN Member States to urgently offer safe ports of disembarkation fo...
UN agencies launch emergency plan for millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants
A new plan to cover the urgent needs of millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, coordinated by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Internation
‘12 million’ stateless people globally, warns UNHCR chief in call to States for decisive action
An estimated 12 million people may be victims of statelessness the impact of which is “immediate and can be dire”, the UN refugee agency (UNHC...
Human traffickers in Libya are posing as UN staff, says Refugee Agency
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has called on Libyan authorities to take action against criminals targeting desperate refugees and migrants, amid report
UNHCR welcomes deal to end latest migrant stand-off in Mediterranean Sea
UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi, on Thursday gave a cautious welcome to the decision by several EU countries to take in some 450 migran...
Turkey Stops Registering Syrian Asylum Seekers
(Istanbul) – Turkish authorities in Istanbul and nine provinces on or near the Syrian border have stopped registering all but a handful ...