The escalation in fatalities and severe human rights violations against innocent civilians in Darfur, including refugees and internally displaced people, is worsening six months into the deadly ...

At the end of 2021, the number of people forced to flee stood at 89.3 million. 1 Since then, the war in Ukraine has displaced millions within the country as well as to other countries, primarily in ...

Good afternoon Excellencies, distinguished delegates, and colleagues. Thank you for joining me today. When we met last in June, I provided a detailed update on the financial situation, the ...

This report tells the stories of some of the world’s 7.1 million refugee children of school age under UNHCR’s mandate. In addition, it looks at the educational aspirations of refugee youth eager to ...

Barham Salih is the 12th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He was elected by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 2025, for a term of five years, and assumed office on 1 January 2026.

UNHCR Innovation turns ideas into real-world solutions, supporting innovators through incubation, acceleration, and learning to improve protection and inclusion for people forced to flee. We back ...

UNHCR provides these comments in response to the UK Government’s policy paper ‘Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy’ published in November 2025.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has gained access to the Shimelba and Hitsats refugee camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region for the first time since November 2020, amid ongoing security concerns.

Some fled with no warning at all. Others had weeks or months to anxiously weigh their options – until mounting danger finally forced them to leave their homes behind. Over the past seven years, UNHCR ...

Global refugee resettlement needs are projected to decrease in 2026, from 2.9 million to 2.5 million. This notable shift reflects changing conditions and evolving situations in different regions ...

A critical $300 million gap in the UN Refugee Agency’s already-diminished budget for 2025 could see further devastating cuts to life-saving aid for refugees, following the slashing of assistance ...

GENEVA – Between 600,000 and 1 million Iranian households are now temporarily displaced inside Iran as a result of the ongoing conflict, according to preliminary assessments, representing up to 3.2 ...