GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today launched the UNHCR Climate Resilience Fund, seeking to boost the protection of ...
Following the passage of the “Safety of Rwanda” Bill by the UK Parliament, two UN leaders have again sounded the alarm on the harmful impact it will have on global responsibility-sharing, human rights ...
Jannatara, 18, was six months pregnant and recently widowed when she boarded a boat from Bangladesh where she had been living in one of the sprawling camps for Rohingya refugees since fleeing ...
Raphael Basemi’s recycling business is providing jobs for other refugees and the host community and helping preserve the ...
A year ago, when fighting first broke out in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, 39-year-old Fatima* thought the safest option for her and her four children was to stay indoors. Her husband and eldest son were ...
In Chicago’s Albany Park, a once vacant urban plot has been transformed into a vibrant center of community and growth. Here, the Global Garden Refugee Training Farm thrives. It is a place where over a ...
PANAMA CITY – UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, has just concluded her first mission to Central America and Mexico, highlighting that a hemispheric approach ...
JUBA – UNHCR’s Deputy High Commissioner, Kelly T. Clements, and Sweden’s State Secretary for International Development Cooperation, Diana Janse, have concluded a joint visit to South Sudan, where they ...
The war in Sudan has caused one of the largest humanitarian and displacement crises in the world. Yet, it remains tragically invisible. Therefore, M le Ministre, Madam Minister, Commissioner, Thank ...
GENEVA – We Were Here, a three-part video series produced in partnership by UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and YouTube to challenge perceptions about refugees, has won the people’s choice award in the ...
Their paths have never crossed. They don't know each other, and yet there is something that connects Andrea and Johan: the most important moment of their lives happens to be the same. It was the ...