UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned as escalating, brutal violence in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North ...
The 2025 Mid-Year Trends report provides key statistics on refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people globally from the first six months of 2025.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appalled and deeply saddened by the avoidable and tragic loss of life at sea of some 80 ...
Who is an ‘asylum-seeker’? An asylum-seeker is someone who is seeking international protection. Their request for refugee status, or complementary protection status, has yet to be processed, or they ...
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Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...
You think you understand places,” says author and Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, reflecting on the challenges he ...
Standing Committee 2020 High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Oral Update by the Assistant High Commissioner ...
As of the end of June 2025, the most recent reporting period, 117.3 million people had been forced to flee their homes globally due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or ...
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UNHCR uses cash transfers to provide protection, assistance and services to vulnerable displaced persons. This allows them to meet their most pressing needs, build and support livelihoods, and ...
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