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Syrian refugee Namr stands outside the apartment he rents in Amman, Jordan. Visible in the background is the five-star Le Royal Hotel.
Hope gone in Jordan, Syrian refugees eye risky onward journey
Dec 15,2015 | News and Events
AMMAN, Jordan, Dec 14 (UNHCR) – Escaping three years ago from the shelling that flattened much of his hometown in western Syria, Omar* fled to Jordan with his wife and settled in the capital Amm... Read More
Syrian refugees are greeted by Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) on their arrival at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
UNHCR welcomes first Syrian refugee arrivals in Canada
Dec 14,2015 | News and Events
GENEVA, Dec 11 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed news of the arrival in Canada last night of the first group of Syrian refugees under a recently announced humanitarian programme. The... Read More
Refugees gather supplies airdropped to a fishing boat adrift in the Andaman Sea.
Bay of Bengal boat flow manageable with regional cooperation - UNHCR
Dec 10,2015 | News and Events
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 4 (UNHCR) – As the resumption of dangerous sea journeys in the Bay of Bengal looms, countries in the region today affirmed that the only way to reduce loss of li... Read More
Refugees gather supplies airdropped to a fishing boat adrift in the Andaman Sea.
Bay of Bengal boat flow manageable with regional cooperation - UNHCR
Dec 10,2015 | News and Events
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 4 (UNHCR) – As the resumption of dangerous sea journeys in the Bay of Bengal looms, countries in the region today affirmed that the only way to reduce loss of li... Read More
Former Stateless Children in Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai, officially received their Thai national ID cards on 5 November 2015.
UNHCR welcomes significant reduction of stateless population in Thailand
Nov 26,2015 | News and Events
GENEVA, Dec 1 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed an announcement by the Royal Thai Government that more than 18,000 stateless people have been granted nationality in Thailand in the la... Read More
Unaccompanied Afghan refugee Samir, aged 14, plays football with friends at a transit facility on Kos.
A childhood regained on Kos
Nov 13,2015 | News and Events
KOS, Greece, Nov 11, (UNHCR) – Although he is only 14 years old, Samir's face shows a maturity and a seriousness well beyond his age. He has experienced far too much for a child. "I hav... Read More
Naasan, a Syrian refugee, clings to his four-year-old son. He and his wife lost the boy in a crowd at the border between Serbia and Croatia. It took four days, but UNHCR and Red Cross staff worked together to reunite the boy with his parents.
Vulnerable and Looking for a Home
Nov 10,2015 | News and Events
More than 705,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean Sea this year, including 562,000 in Greece. In many places strict border management procedures are now in place. Re... Read More
A mother cradles her child inside a camp for internally displaced people in Kachin State, Myanmar, in November 2013.
Ongoing Myanmar conflict traps villagers in crossfire
Nov 10,2015 | News and Events
MYITKYINA, Myanmar, Oct 28 (UNHCR) – Htoi Pan vividly recalls the moment when the fighter jets streaked across the sky over her village in northern Myanmar, piercing the calm of that late June m... Read More
Sonita teaches young Afghan refugees at a summer school in Iran.
Young Afghan Weighs her Future
Nov 10,2015 | News and Events
Sonita has only seen Afghanistan through the eyes of others: on her relatives’ mobile phones, in films and in Internet videos. Sonita is assisting children in need. Just like others who want to... Read More
Joe Hullman, 13, works at San Pedro de Macoris municipal dump during his summer vacations looking for metal scraps in San Pedro de Macoris, in Dominican Republic.
Urgent action needed to address child statelessness
Nov 10,2015 | News and Events
Nov 3 (UNHCR) – Thirteen-year-old Joe Hullman dreams of playing baseball in his native Dominican Republic. But because he has no birth certificate or identity papers, he scavenges instead for sc... Read More
A refugee huddles up against the cold on the border between Serbia and Croatia.
UNHCR launches appeal to aid refugees as winter hits Europe
Nov 10,2015 | News and Events
GENEVA, Nov 5 (UNHCR) – With thousands of refugees and migrants continuing to arrive in Europe via the Mediterranean each day as winter approaches, the UN refugee agency is appealing to donors f... Read More