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Iran needs more help to support Afghan refugees - UNHCR chief
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, commends progress in documentation, education, livelihoods and health for Afghans in Iran.
UNHCR chief meets Lebanese officials after three-country Syria tour
Filippo Grandi says that factors preventing voluntary refugee return must be addressed, and holds constructive discussions with senior Lebanese officials.
Humanitarian aid still the top priority in Syria - UNHCR chief
On visit to Syria, Filippo Grandi discusses factors influencing refugees' return and says urgent needs of war-torn country's population must be met.
Four million refugee children go without schooling: UNHCR report
Turn the Tide: Refugee Education in Crisis study finds refugee enrolment in school is failing to keep pace with growing displacement worldwide.
Cate Blanchett's remarks to the UN Security Council on the Rohingya refugee crisis
Full text of UNHCR the Goodwill Ambassador's address as delivered in New York, 28 August 2018.
Cate Blanchett urges UN Security Council to meet 'pressing needs' of Rohingya refugees
A year into displacement crisis, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador calls for 'innovative ways' to aid more than 720,000 refugees and their hosts in Bangladesh.
Surging violence drives thousands of Congolese from their homes
Attacks by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern Beni region is forcing families from their lands in the so-called "triangle of death."
Rohingya refugees mark a year of suffering and hope
More than 720,000 children, women and men have fled violence that erupted in Myanmar on August 25 last year. They remain in need of solutions a year on.
UNHCR chief praises 'life and death' decisions taken by aid workers
Ahead of World Humanitarian Day, Filippo Grandi honours humanitarians who lost their lives helping those in need as displacement figures hit record high.