The voluntary return of nearly 20,000 Central African refugees marks a key step toward sustainable peace and development in the region, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today.

A critical shortage of funds has forced UNHCR to suspend life-saving medical treatment and other assistance to refugees in ...

Brutal funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting millions of lives at risk. The consequences for people fleeing danger will be immediate and devastating, UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi says of the ...

Critical funding gaps are severely hampering humanitarian efforts in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and beyond, leaving thousands without life-saving aid and pushing an already dire ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners today called on the international community to enhance its support for Rohingya refugees and their ...

With more than 7.4 million Syrians still displaced inside the country, a lack of housing, work and services is preventing many from going home, with more international support needed to ensure returns ...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi's statement at the ninth Brussels Syria Conference on 17 March.

This is a summary of what was said by Patrick Eba, Deputy Director of UNHCR’s Division of International Protection – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des ...

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UNHCR stands ready to support Syrians wherever they are. We urge all parties to act now to ensure this moment becomes a turning point toward hope, recovery, and lasting peace and stability for the ...

Our priorities are to promote enabling conditions for voluntary repatriation, to ensure the exercise of a free and informed choice, and to mobilize support for returnees. In practice, we promote and ...