Record number of Lebanese refugees arrive in Iraq as war in Lebanon displaces more civilians, says UNHCR
The UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, has reported a staggering arrival of refugees from Lebanon into Iraq, with an average of...
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Israel- Hezbollah war: UNHCR reports massive influx of refugees crossing from Lebanon into Syria
The UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, has reported a massive influx of people crossing from Lebanon into Syria since September 23,...
UNHCR denounces murder of two staff in Israeli air raids
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has condemned the tragic killings of two staff members, Dina Darwiche and Ali Basma, in...
UNHCR: 215 civilians die within 3 months in Yemen
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Yemen has reported that 215 civilians have died in three months...
UNHCR warns of increased COVID-19-related trafficking for refugees
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has warned of the increasing Covid-19 related needs and vulnerabilities of refugees, internally...
UNHCR calls for urgent release of refugees, asylum-seekers amidst COVID-19 pandemic
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has called on states to urgently release refugees and asylum-seekers who are being unlawfully and...
UNHCR appeals for resettlement places to solve displacement
UNHCR has appealed for resettlement places, following the urgent needs for solutions to forced displacement and protection. According to the...
Covid 19: UNHCR South Sudan commends government’s effort to preserve access to asylum
The United Nations Refugee Agency in South Sudan has commended the Transitional Government of National Unity for continuing to welcome...
UNHCR, ILO partner to facilitate integration of Malian refugees in Mauritania
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have joined efforts to improve the living...
UNHCR seeks international solidarity for refugees and hosts in Sudan
By APO Group GENEVA, Switzerland, January 14, 2020/ -- This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) helps survivors after traffickers kill 12 in Libya
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 1, 2018/ -- This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler –...
Eritrea & Sudan: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Statement regarding the cancellation of Israel-UNHCR agreement
NIAMEY, Niger, April 3, 2018/ -- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Statement regarding the cancellation of Israel-UNHCR agreement:...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Israel sign agreement to find solutions for Eritreans and Sudanese
NIAMEY, Niger, April 3, 2018/ -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the State of Israel today (April 2, 2018)...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) survey shows poor nutrition status among refugee children in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, March 5, 2018/ -- Over 24 thousand or 44% of refugee children under the age of 5...
UNHCR and partners seeks US$157 million to aid Boko Haram displaced
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2018/ -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with humanitarian partners, today, launched an inter-agency funding...
UNHCR welcomes Britain’s support for South Sudanese refugees in Sudan
KHARTOUM, Sudan, December 21, 2017/ -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today welcomed a multi-year contribution of...
UNHCR relocates Congolese refugees from border sites
ANGOLA- Relocation of Congolese Refugees from border sites by the UNHCR in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency and partners...
UNHCR calls for additional $9.5 million support to respond to Nigerian refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today, Thursday, 27th of July, in a press release, launched a supplementary appeal for...
Uganda gets vehicles from UNHCR to help in assisting Sudanese refugees
By Godfrey Olukya   9-12-2016   UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Uganda has provided vehicles worth more than US$1...
On anniversary of Burundi crisis, UNHCR warns that refugee outflows may grow further
By Godfrey Olukya 25-4-2016 One year after the Burundi crisis began, almost 260,000 people have fled to nearby countries...
Israel notifies UN to halt ties with Palestinian relief agency despite disapproval from allies
Israel says it has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to cancel the agreement governing its relationship with...
Saudi’s KSrelief pledges $10.4 million to aid internally displaced Ukrainians
The Saudi aid agency KSrelief has taken a significant step to support internally displaced people in Ukraine, signing a cooperation...
Saudi Arabia raises over $1.1b at Donors’ Conference for displaced persons in Sahel, Lake Chad
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), hosted a Donors' Conference in...
Saudi sets to host donor support for displaced, refugees in Sahel, Lake Chad Basin
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to host the Donors' Conference to ‘Support the Displaced and Refugees’ in the...
UN refugee agency urges Indonesia to rescue stranded boat with over 100 Rohingya refugees
The United Nations refugee agency is urging Indonesia's government to rescue a boat carrying over 100 Rohingya refugees, including women...
Saudi Arabia’s KSrelief delivers 4th plane load of humanitarian aid to Lebanon
Saudi Arabia's fourth aid plane landed at Beirut International Airport late Wednesday, bringing much-needed relief to displaced Lebanese people. The...
Saudi Arabia to host donor conference for Sahel, Lake Chad crisis
In response to the severe humanitarian crisis impacting Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Mali, Saudi Arabia has announced...
Iraqi Foreign Minister reiterates commitment to security agreement with Iran in high-level talks
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein reaffirmed Iraq's unwavering commitment to the security agreement established with Iran. The announcement came during...
Iraqi Foreign Minister reiterates commitment to security agreement with Iran in high-level talks
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein reaffirmed Iraq's unwavering commitment to the security agreement established with Iran. The announcement came during...
Iraqi Foreign Minister announces successful disarmament of groups on Iraqi-Iranian border
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein made a groundbreaking announcement on Wednesday regarding the disarmament of groups operating along the Iraqi-Iranian...
Funding shortfall forces UN to reduce aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan
The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) has announced a reduction in cash assistance for nearly 120,000 Syrian refugees residing...
Rwanda says it will not accept DR Congo refugees any more
Rwandan president Paul Kagame has said that the country can no longer accept refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Saudi Arabia offers $10 million medical, shelter aid to Ukranian refugees
Not less than one million Ukranian refugees have benefitted from the $10 million medical and shelter aid offered by Saudi...
Nigerian migrant burned to death in Tripoli, Libya
Nigerian migrant have been burned to death in Tripoli, Libya While disclosing this on Thursday October 8, 2020, the Libyan...
UN agencies support Sudan’s flood response, cautions on depleting stocks
UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, has said that the UN and its partners are supporting the Sudanese Government as it...
AfDB approves $20 million to contain spread of COVID-19 in G5 Sahel nations
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has on the 9th June 2020 approved $20 million in grant...
Mo Salah becomes first Instant School’s Ambassador
Egyptian and Liverpool footballer, Mohamed Salah, has become the first ambassador for Instant Network Schools as the program prepares to...
Sahel attacks displace thousands of people
UNHCR has disclosed that the 12-month violence in Sahel has rendered thousands of people homeless. This was contained in a...
Groups change ways of supporting displaced groups, host communities in Sudan
A four-year, multi-country initiative aimed at helping refugees and forcibly displaced individuals with sustainable solutions to support better integration and...
Continued airstrikes in western Libya ‘utterly unacceptable’, says UN mission chief
NEW YORK, United States of America, December 30, 2019/ -- Ghassan Salamé, head of the UN Support Mission in the...
Drying Lake Chad Basin gives rise to crisis
NEW YORK, United States of America, December 26, 2019/ -- Twenty-year-old Phoebe Musa remembers the day Boko Haram militants stormed...
European Union helps World Food Programme (WFP) tackle malnutrition among Sahrawi refugees in Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria, December 17, 2019/ -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €1.3 million...
At least 58 migrants dead after boat capsizes near Coast of Mauritania
NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania, December 5, 2019/ -- At least 58 people are confirmed dead after a vessel carrying migrants sank as...
One Teen’s Journey From Refugee Camp to US School Principal
After escaping from two years of captivity at the hands of Mai Mai rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the...
Violent Attacks in Nigeria Drive Thousands of Refugees Into Niger
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 28, 2019/ -- This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch –...
Princess Sarah Zeid champions maternal and child health as she visits World Vision’s nutrition project in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, August 1, 2018/ -- Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, a global advocate for maternal,...
Political crisis in Ethiopia and the risks of ripple effect humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa
By:Nick Ogutu Refugee and Immigrant Rights Activist, Executive Director of Columbia University based Initiative, Safari Yangu Immigrant Stories, President, Amnesty...
UN Migration Agency Helps Over 100 Ethiopian Migrants Return Home from Yemen
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 30, 2018/ -- Yesterday (29/05), IOM, the UN Migration Agency, helped some 101 Ethiopian migrants leave Yemen...
Mukjar Camp to Close as Chadian Refugees Return Home
KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 9, 2018/ -- After more than 10 years of hosting Chadian refugees in Central Darfur, Mukjar refugee...
United Nations Population Fund and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Assist More than 8,500 Displaced Women Across Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya, March 30, 2018/ -- In order to respond to the growing needs of vulnerable displaced women across Libya,...
Congolese flee horrific violence for Uganda
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 19, 2018/ --Â UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with partner organizations in western Uganda to support...
Somalia’s government rescues 13 Somalis from Libyan prisons
Hargeisa, Somaliland, March 9, 2018 – On the 7th of March, Turkish Airline rescued 13 Somali prisoners from Libya to...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ New Data Collection Tool helps improve refugee children access to education
JUBA, South Sudan, February 28, 2018/ -- UNHCR and the Ministry of General Education and Instruction of South Sudan today...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees welcomes launch of birth certification for Malian refugees in Mbera camp
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 23, 2018/ -- This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly –...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees increasingly concerned over long-time stranded Tawergha people
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 23, 2018/ -- This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly –...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees shocked over reports of refugee deaths in Rwanda
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 23, 2018/ -- This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly –...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees calls for calm and restraint after Rwanda refugee camp protests
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 22, 2018/ -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for calm and restraint after worrying reports...
Residents of Tawergha ‘dying in desert’ in attempt to return home after seven years
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 21, 2018/ -- Libya must ensure the safety of hundreds of former residents of the northern town...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees steps up support for Uganda’s refugee programme
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 20, 2018/ -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today new measures to support the government of...
Ursula Mueller’s Mission to the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Chad
NEW YORK, United States of America, February 16, 2018/ --Â Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula...
