Press releases and news comments
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UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection visits Afghanistan, urges for sustainable solutions to displaced Afghans
25 Apr 2017 -
Canada's 2016 record high level of resettlement praised by UNHCR
24 Apr 2017 -
UNICEF and UNHCR welcome EU policy to protect migrant and refugee children
12 Apr 2017 -
UNHCR urges suspension of transfers of asylum-seekers to Hungary under Dublin
10 Apr 2017 -
Kristin Davis appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
6 Apr 2017 -
Lack of funding putting help for Syrian refugees and hosts at risk, as Brussels Syria Conference set to open
4 Apr 2017 Joint UNHCR/UNDP Press Release -
Kuwait, UNHCR sign landmark agreement to aid Syrian refugees
2 Apr 2017 Visit by UN Deputy High Commissioner Kelly T. Clements focuses on aid to Syrian refugees in northern Iraq before key conference in Brussels. -
A year after key conference sought to boost resettlement targets for Syrian refugees, half of the 500,000 places sought have been achieved
30 Mar 2017 -
News comment by Volker Türk, UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, on new Mediterranean shipwreck
29 Mar 2017