Nepal earthquake: The worst disaster in over 80 years
Making a world of difference: Responding wherever needed UNHCR has been working with the Nepalese authorities since the early 1960s, helping the government care for over 21,000 Bhutanese refugees. In 2015, we were called to ...
HC’s Dialogue: Understanding and addressing displacement
GENEVA, Dec 16 (UNHCR)—From the Middle East to Africa, wars and conflict are driving an unprecedented number of people from their homes. Meanwhile, in other places, most notably parts of Asia, floods, storms, cyclones ...
The Keleti Passage
Ashkan and Setays, siblings from Afghanistan. They drew their home, surrounded with a wall and a small crack where they escaped. Dr. Judit Mogyorós, 42, from Hungary. Judit works as a pediatrician in Budapest’s ...Building a future through education in Chad
DJABAL REFUGEE CAMP, Chad, Dec 14 (UNHCR)—Anas, 10, and Zoera, eight, leap out from under their mosquito net into the cool morning air. It is only 6:45 when brother and sister rush through the ...
Don’t give terror groups propaganda says Guterres
GENEVA, Dec 10, (UNHCR)—The head of the UN Refugee Agency António Guterres has warned that anti-Muslim rhetoric, including pressure for tighter border controls, could backfire and play into the hands of terror groups. “What ...
Refugee and sexual violence survivor restores hope in Rwanda
KIGALI, Rwanda, Dec 7 (UNHCR)—Jacqueline Umutesi had a traumatic childhood. But that hasn’t stopped the 37-year-old refugee from helping to heal others as one of Rwanda’s most outspoken community organisers fighting sexual and gender ...
Wounded Syrian refugee inspires others through outreach work
TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Dec 3 (UNHCR)—Each morning, Ahmad sets off on his moped from his home near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on his way to work as a UNHCR refugee outreach volunteer, offering ...
Thousands of stateless people given nationality in Thailand
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 last three years. The ...