Shelter urgently needed for Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence
Officials warn of ‘true crisis’ as an estimated 73,000 Rohingya seek safety in already strained Bangladesh refugee camps. KUTUPALONG CAMP, Bangladesh – Barefoot and running for her life, Rohingya Dilara, 20, reached Bangladesh in ...
UNHCR seeks safe options to perilous refugee journeys
The UN Refugee Agency is appealing for US$421 million in funding to provide alternatives to a growing number of refugees making dangerous journeys to Europe. PORTO EMPEDOCLE, Italy – Fifteen-year-old Omar is among a ...Press Release: 1 million South Sudan refugees in Uganda
South Sudan refugees in Uganda pass 1 million mark Geneva, 17.08.2017 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today reiterating its call to the international community for urgent additional support for the South Sudan refugee ...World Refugee Day Statement: High Commissioner for Refugees
20 June, 2017 On June 20, World Refugee Day, we honour the resilience and courage of more than 65 million people who have been forced to flee war, persecution and violence. But it’s also ...
Forced displacement worldwide at its highest in decades
War, violence and persecution have uprooted more men, women and children around the world than at any time in the seven-decade history of UNHCR according to a report published today. The UN Refugee Agency’s ...
Over one million children flee South Sudan
JUBA/GENEVA/NAIROBI/NEW YORK, 8 May 2017 – More than one million children have now fled South Sudan where escalating conflict is ravaging the country, UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today. “The horrifying fact ...
South Sudan: 3 Years of Civil War
This past December marked three years since the beginning of South Sudan’s latest civil war. Before December 2013, over 115,000 South Sudanese people were classified as refugees or asylum-seekers. Three years later, that number ...
Government of Uganda, UNHCR on South Sudan refugee situation
Joint statement on behalf of the Government of Uganda and UNHCR The Government of Uganda and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today jointly appealed to the international community for urgent and massive ...