Press releases and news comments
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Aid appeals seek over US$3 billion as South Sudan set to become Africa's largest refugee and humanitarian crisis
1 Feb 2018 -
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie: no negotiated peace without human rights and dignity for the Syrian people
28 Jan 2018 -
Global report: 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2017
22 Jan 2018 CARE report 'Suffering in Silence' highlights humanitarian crises around the world that rarely made the news / North Korea, Eritrea and Burundi least covered by media -
Statement on the death of 15 Syrians during an overnight storm while they were attempting to enter Lebanese territory
21 Jan 2018 -
Great British Welcome exhibition shows refugee-hosting as 'win-win'
16 Jan 2018 Photos by Aubrey Wade, backed by UNHCR, highlight how Britons are offering rooms to refugees, and both parties can benefit; collection on display at St Martin-the-Fields till March. -
UNHCR Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS concludes fact-finding mission to two refugee receiving states - Benue and Cross River states
11 Jan 2018 -
UNHCR welcomes agreement to revive South Sudan's stalled peace process
23 Dec 2017 -
UNHCR: First evacuation of 162 vulnerable refugees from Libya to Italy
22 Dec 2017 -
As refugees flee Congo, French pop artist Christine and the Queens calls for attention to forgotten crisis
19 Dec 2017