News Releases
African Refugee Convention turns 50 to warm welcome
11 Sep 2019
UNHCR, UNICEF and IOM urge European states to boost education for refugee and migrant children
Key challenges include lack of school spaces, teachers not adequately trained, language barriers and limited access to psychosocial support
11 Sep 2019
Joint Statement: Government of Rwanda, UNHCR and African Union agree to evacuate refugees out of Libya
10 Sep 2019
UNHCR calls for action against violence targeting foreigners in South Africa
6 Sep 2019
UN High Commissioner for Refugees expresses alarm at statelessness risk in India's Assam
1 Sep 2019
Generous Africa needs new partners and innovation to help forcibly displaced - UN refugee chief
30 Aug 2019
Refugee education in crisis: More than half of the world's school-age refugee children do not get an education.
30 Aug 2019
'Situation of Venezuelan refugees and migrants needs greater global attention'
Statement by Eduardo Stein, Joint UNHCR-IOM Special Representative for Venezuelan refugees and migrants
29 Aug 2019
Scores dead off coast of Libya in latest Mediterranean shipwreck
27 Aug 2019